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Lena Ström

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Factors controlling large scale variations in methane emissions from wetlands

Author

  • Torben Christensen
  • Anna Ekberg
  • Lena Ström
  • Mikhail Mastepanov
  • N Panikov
  • O Mats
  • BH Svensson
  • H Nykanen
  • PJ Martikainen
  • H Oskarsson

Summary, in English

[1] Global wetlands are, at estimate ranging 115-237 Tg CH4/yr, the largest single atmospheric source of the greenhouse gas methane (CH4). We present a dataset on CH4 flux rates totaling 12 measurement years at sites from Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia and Siberia. We find that temperature and microbial substrate availability (expressed as the organic acid concentration in peat water) combined explain almost 100% of the variations in mean annual CH4 emissions. The temperature sensitivity of the CH4 emissions shown suggests a feedback mechanism on climate change that could validate incorporation in further developments of global circulation models.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

1414-1414

Publication/Series

Geophysical Research Letters

Volume

30

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Topic

  • Physical Geography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1944-8007