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Patrik Vestin

Patrik Vestin

Research engineer

Patrik Vestin

Forests don’t just absorb CO2 — they also take up methane

Author

  • Patrik Vestin

Summary, in English

Field studies reveal that the woody surfaces of upland trees are a substantial global sink for methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The findings help to fill a hole in the global methane budget and should improve the accuracy of climate models.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2024-07-25

Language

English

Pages

744-745

Publication/Series

Nature

Volume

631

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Geochemistry
  • Climate Science

Keywords

  • Trees are methane sinks
  • Methane
  • Global methane budget
  • Flux measurements
  • Terrestrial methane sinks
  • Microbial methane sink

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0028-0836