Advancing scientific understanding of the global methane budget in support of the Paris Agreement

AL Ganesan, S Schwietzke, B Poulter… - Global …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2015 Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change aims to keep global average temperature increases well below 2° C of …

Methane clumped isotopes: Progress and potential for a new isotopic tracer

PMJ Douglas, DA Stolper, JM Eiler, AL Sessions… - Organic …, 2017 - Elsevier
The isotopic composition of methane is of longstanding geochemical interest, with important
implications for understanding petroleum systems, atmospheric greenhouse gas …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating emissions of methane consistent with atmospheric measurements of methane and δ13C 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 …

Tracing sources of atmospheric methane using clumped isotopes

MA Haghnegahdar, J Sun, N Hultquist… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
We apply a recently developed measurement technique for methane (CH4) isotopologues
(isotopic variants of CH4—13CH4, 12CH3D, 13CH3D, and 12CH2D2) to identify …

Reversibility controls on extreme methane clumped isotope signatures from anaerobic oxidation of methane

J Liu, RL Harris, JL Ash, JG Ferry, SJE Krause… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) substantially mitigates atmospheric
methane emissions on Earth and is a process to consider for astrobiological targets where …

Extreme methane clumped isotopologue bio-signatures of aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophy: Insights from the Lake Pavin and the Black Sea sediments

T Giunta, ED Young, J Labidi, P Sansjofre… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial methane oxidation-or methanotrophy-is a key control of the global methane
budget on Earth, and perhaps in other planetary systems. Here, we explore the potential role …

Methane clumped isotopologue variability from ebullition in a mid-latitude lake

E Lalk, A Velez, S Ono - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Methane is a greenhouse gas and is an important component of carbon cycling in
freshwater environments. Isotope ratios of methane (13C/12C and D/H) are used extensively …

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 …

Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period

B Riddell-Young, JE Lee, EJ Brook, J Schmitt… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Understanding the causes of past atmospheric methane (CH4) variability is important for
characterizing the relationship between CH4, global climate and terrestrial biogeochemical …

Double‐counting challenges the accuracy of high‐latitude methane inventories

BF Thornton, M Wik, PM Crill - Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of the present and future contribution to atmospheric methane (CH4) from
lakes, wetlands, fluvial systems, and, potentially, coastal waters remains an important …