Period spikes of methane on Mars could originate inside Gale crater, where NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently exploring.s
methane
Posted inEditors' Highlights
Hot Lakes in a Cold Climate
Arctic warming may release less carbon dioxide from high latitude lakes but increase their climate impact by releasing more methane.
Posted inEditors' Highlights
Export of Different Carbon Types from a Boreal Catchment
Carbon export in boreal catchments depends on the landscape setting and differs for snowmelt and rainfall events.
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Exploring Methane Emissions from Africa’s Tropical Forests
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.
Posted inNews
Forecasting Geohazards in the Age of Gas Hydrate Exploitation
A curious breath-like pattern exhibited by gas hydrates may help forecast hazards associated with extracting them from the seafloor.
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Researchers Zero In on Methane Released from Reservoirs
Using new methods, researchers can estimate how much methane is released each day from reservoirs—an important step in estimating global methane emissions.
Posted inEditors' Highlights
Bottom-up Meets Top-down Estimates of Wetland Methane Emissions
An innovative integration of models and satellite observations indicates weak temperature sensitivity of CH4 emissions from tropical wetlands, but temperature sensitivity is high at higher latitudes.
Posted inScience Updates
NEON Lights a Path for Sustained Ecological Observations
Resources and data offered by the National Ecological Observatory Network are supporting researchers investigating critical ecosystem changes across the country.
Posted inEditors' Highlights
What’s the Beef About Methane?
Progress has been made to reduce methane emission intensity from livestock (the amount of methane per unit of protein), but where are the greatest opportunities to reduce this methane source further?
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Tropical Lakes May Emit More Methane
Fresh waters are one of the primary sources of natural methane emissions, but methane dynamics in tropical lakes are not as well understood as those in more temperate regions.