Recent intensification of wetland methane feedback
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research · Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center · +7 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract The positive response of wetland methane (CH 4 ) emissions to climate change is an important yet uncertain Earth-system feedback that amplifies atmospheric CH 4 concentrations. Here, using a wetland model, we report intensified wetland CH 4 emissions during 2000–2021, corresponding with 2020 and 2021 being exceptional years of growth. Our results highlight the need for sustained monitoring and observations of global wetland CH 4 fluxes to document emerging trends, variability and underlying drivers.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 26.91
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- 100%
- References
- 32
Authors
7- ZZZhen ZhangCorresponding
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- BPBenjamin Poulter
Goddard Space Flight Center
- AFAndrew F. Feldman
Goddard Space Flight Center
- QYQing Ying
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- PCPhilippe Ciais
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Topics & keywords
- Wetland
- Methane emissions
- Environmental science
- Methane
- Climate change
- Earth system science
- Atmospheric methane
- Atmospheric sciences
- Climate action