Recent intensification of wetland methane feedback

Z Zhang, B Poulter, AF Feldman, Q Ying, P Ciais… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The positive response of wetland methane (CH4) emissions to climate change is an
important yet uncertain Earth-system feedback that amplifies atmospheric CH4 …

Wetland hydrological dynamics and methane emissions

S Cui, P Liu, H Guo, CK Nielsen, JWM Pullens… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Wetlands are the largest and most uncertain biological source of atmospheric methane, with
hydrological fluctuations exacerbating this uncertainty. Here we critically explore the …

Trends in atmospheric methane concentrations since 1990 were driven and modified by anthropogenic emissions

RB Skeie, Ø Hodnebrog, G Myhre - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The atmospheric methane trend is not fully understood. Here we investigate the role of the
main sink, the main natural source, and anthropogenic emissions on the methane growth …

Inverse modeling of 2010–2022 satellite observations shows that inundation of the wet tropics drove the 2020–2022 methane surge

Z Qu, DJ Jacob, AA Bloom, JR Worden… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Atmospheric methane concentrations rose rapidly over the past decade and surged in 2020–
2022 but the causes have been unclear. We find from inverse analysis of GOSAT satellite …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating emissions of methane consistent with atmospheric measurements of methane and C of methane

S Basu, X Lan, E Dlugokencky, S Michel… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We have constructed an atmospheric inversion framework based on TM5-4DVAR to jointly
assimilate measurements of methane and δ 13 C of methane in order to estimate source …

Global climate

RJH Dunn, JB Miller, KM Willett… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Global Climate is one chapter from the State of the Climate in 2022 annual report and is
available from https://doi. org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0090.1. Compiled by NOAA's National …

[HTML][HTML] The methane imperative

D Shindell, P Sadavarte, I Aben, TO Bredariol… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic methane (CH 4) emissions increases from the period 1850–1900 until 2019
are responsible for around 65% as much warming as carbon dioxide (CO 2) has caused to …

Atmospheric methane: Comparison between methane's record in 2006–2022 and during glacial terminations

EG Nisbet, MR Manning… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric methane's rapid growth from late 2006 is unprecedented in the observational
record. Assessment of atmospheric methane data attributes a large fraction of this …

Fate of methane in canals draining tropical peatlands

CR Perryman, JC Bowen, J Shahan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Tropical wetlands and freshwaters are major contributors to the growing atmospheric
methane (CH4) burden. Extensive peatland drainage has lowered CH4 emissions from peat …

Methane emissions decreased in fossil fuel exploitation and sustainably increased in microbial source sectors during 1990–2020

N Chandra, PK Patra, R Fujita… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Methane (CH4) emission reduction to limit warming to 1.5° C can be tracked by analyzing
CH4 concentration and its isotopic composition (δ 13C, δ D) simultaneously. Based on …