The global methane budget 2000–2017

M Saunois, AR Stavert, B Poulter… - Earth System …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH 4) budget is important for assessing
realistic pathways to mitigate climate change. Atmospheric emissions and concentrations of …

Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tip** elements

S Wang, A Foster, EA Lenz, JD Kessler… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tip** elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - IPCC AR6 WGI, final …, 2021 - hal.science
ES 6: 3-5 Replace “It is unequivocal that emissions of the well-mixed greenhouse gases
(GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2 O) from human activities …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing anthropogenic methane emissions arise equally from agricultural and fossil fuel sources

RB Jackson, M Saunois, P Bousquet… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
1. Methods We use the same data and approaches to estimate CH 4 emissions as in
Saunois et al (2020). One approach we use is a top-down (TD) ensemble of 11 inversions …

Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

MR Turetsky, BW Abbott, MC Jones, KW Anthony… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The permafrost zone is expected to be a substantial carbon source to the atmosphere, yet
large-scale models currently only simulate gradual changes in seasonally thawed soil …

Very strong atmospheric methane growth in the 4 years 2014–2017: Implications for the Paris Agreement

EG Nisbet, MR Manning… - Global …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric methane grew very rapidly in 2014 (12.7±0.5 ppb/year), 2015 (10.1±0.7
ppb/year), 2016 (7.0±0.7 ppb/year), and 2017 (7.7±0.7 ppb/year), at rates not observed …

Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions

B Hmiel, VV Petrenko, MN Dyonisius, C Buizert… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Atmospheric methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas, and its mole fraction has more
than doubled since the preindustrial era. Fossil fuel extraction and use are among the …

Methane feedbacks to the global climate system in a warmer world

JF Dean, JJ Middelburg, T Röckmann… - Reviews of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) is produced in many natural systems that are vulnerable to change under a
warming climate, yet current CH4 budgets, as well as future shifts in CH4 emissions, have …

Interpreting contemporary trends in atmospheric methane

AJ Turner, C Frankenberg, EA Kort - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 - pnas.org
Atmospheric methane plays a major role in controlling climate, yet contemporary methane
trends (1982–2017) have defied explanation with numerous, often conflicting, hypotheses …

Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics

H Cheng, H Zhang, C Spötl, J Baker, A Sinha… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
The Younger Dryas (YD), arguably the most widely studied millennial-scale extreme climate
event, was characterized by diverse hydroclimate shifts globally and severe cooling at high …