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A view looking over an expansive area of low shrubs and trees, with tall buildings and mountains visible in the distance
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Exploring Carbon Emissions in Peatland Restoration

by Sarah Derouin 22 September 202228 February 2023

Rewetting bogs can increase methane emissions in the short term, but ultimately the approach helps restore peatlands and create larger carbon sinks.

Aerial view of a large wetland area, with part of an airplane wing in the foreground
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tropical Wetlands Emit More Methane Than Previously Thought

by Rachel Fritts 13 September 20225 October 2022

Climate models could be vastly underestimating methane emissions from the world’s tropical wetlands, according to observational surveys of wetlands in Zambia.

Diagram showing the global mean full-cycle methane budget.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Significant Advancement in Modeling the Global Methane Cycle

by Jiwen Fan 8 September 202213 March 2023

The capability to fully model the global methane cycle advances the international climate science community’s ability of providing essential evidence to underpin climate mitigation policy.

Diagrams showing footprint, flux maps and hotspot maps.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Sleuthing for Culprits of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

by Ankur R. Desai 23 August 202228 September 2022

A new approach to detect hot spots of methane emissions with eddy covariance flux towers proves to be a worthy contender.

Three scientists discuss around a map on a table.
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How an Unlikely Friendship Upended Permafrost Myths

by Jenessa Duncombe 19 August 202230 November 2022

“Beautifully long arguments” between an American scientist and a Russian researcher helped clarify several fundamental assumptions about permafrost thaw.

Lake Carezza with evergreens and snowy mountains in the background.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Earth’s Lakes Emit Less Methane Than Previously Thought

by Sarah Stanley 4 August 202229 September 2022

Although the total surface area of Earth’s lakes emits less methane than previously believed, it is still among the largest natural methane sources.

A collage of methane sources
Posted inNews

A Climate Mystery Warns Us to Heed the Unknown

by Jenessa Duncombe 7 April 202225 April 2022

The Curve is a series charting the mysterious rise of methane in our atmosphere and the quest to find its source.

A meadow of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica
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Mortality of Seagrass Meadows May Not Kill Their Methane Release

by Derek Smith 31 March 202231 March 2022

New research indicates that seagrasses continue to release methane even after they die, complicating blue carbon initiatives.

A selfie of NASA’s Curiosity rover, in the northwestern part of Gale crater
Posted inResearch Spotlights

科学家倒转时间追踪火星上的甲烷排放

by JoAnna Wendel 24 February 202224 February 2022

火星上甲烷的峰值可能来自盖尔陨石坑内部,NASA的“好奇号”探测器目前正在那里进行探测。

Photos of clouds, forest and sea.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Inventorying Earth’s Land and Ocean Greenhouse Gases

by Benjamin Poulter, Ana Bastos, Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Nicolas Gruber, Judith Hauck, Robert B. Jackson, Masao Ishii, Jens Daniel Müller, Prabir K. Patra and Hanqin Tian 17 February 20225 December 2022

A new special collection in AGU journals will present findings from the Second REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP2) study with a decade of data on greenhouse gas growth.

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