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    Marsh gas, also known as biogas, forms naturally in wetlands and is composed primarily of methane. Wetland surfaces are covered by porous vegetation that rots and forms a crust, cutting off oxygen to the trapped organic material below. This anaerobic environment allows the digestion and fermentation of plant and animal material, producing methane as a byproduct.

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    Marsh gas, also known as biogas, forms naturally in wetlands and is composed primarily of methane. Wetland surfaces are covered by porous vegetation that rots and forms a crust, cutting off oxygen to the trapped organic material below. This anaerobic environment allows the digestion and fermentation of plant and animal material, producing methane as a byproduct.

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    Marsh gas, also known as biogas, forms naturally in wetlands and is composed primarily of methane. Wetland surfaces are covered by porous vegetation that rots and forms a crust, cutting off oxygen to the trapped organic material below. This anaerobic environment allows the digestion and fermentation of plant and animal material, producing methane as a byproduct.

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    Marsh gas

    Marsh gas, swamp gas and bog gas are common names for biogas which forms in wetlands, whose
    principal component is methane, produced naturally within some geographical marshes, swamps, and
    bogs.
    The surface of marshes, swamps and bogs is initially porous vegetation that rots to form a crust that
    prevents oxygen reaching the organic material trapped below. That is the condition that allows
    anaerobic digestion and fermentation of any plant or animal material which incidentally also produces
    methane.

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