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A collage of methane sources
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A Climate Mystery Warns Us to Heed the Unknown

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 7 April 202226 April 2023

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

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator 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.

Visualization of a methane plume in Mars’ atmosphere during the northern summer season as retrieved from NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility at Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Mystery of Methane on Mars Thickens

by Germán Martinez, Anni Määttänen and David Baratoux 15 February 20223 January 2023

Two recently published papers zoom in on the mystery source of methane in the Martian atmosphere.

Posted inNews

Lo que una nueva orden ejecutiva significa para frenar las emisiones de metano

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 18 January 202218 January 2022

La orden ejecutiva de Biden llama a considerar una nueva regulación de metano que viene justo después de un nuevo análisis global del impacto del combustible en el cambio climático.

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

Scientists Turn Back Time to Track Methane Emissions on Mars

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 14 January 202224 April 2024

Period spikes of methane on Mars could originate inside Gale crater, where NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently exploring.s

Two illustrations of arctic lakes show the relative carbon dioxide and methane release, for the cases with and without widespread permafrost
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Hot Lakes in a Cold Climate

by David S. Schimel 31 December 202119 October 2022

Arctic warming may release less carbon dioxide from high latitude lakes but increase their climate impact by releasing more methane.

Conceptual diagram illustrating the seasonal shifts in the relative importance of downstream flux verses emission losses across headwaters with different land-water interfaces in the boreal landscape (from top to bottom: forest, wetland, and lakes.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Export of Different Carbon Types from a Boreal Catchment

by Ilja van Meerveld 2 December 202123 February 2022

Carbon export in boreal catchments depends on the landscape setting and differs for snowmelt and rainfall events.

A researcher at one of the study’s sites in Cameroon
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Exploring Methane Emissions from Africa’s Tropical Forests

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 10 November 202129 April 2022

Global methane budgets suffer from a lack of field studies in African forests, but new research sheds light on methane emissions and uptake from upland forests in the Congo Basin.

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