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

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.

• Författare: Patrik Vestin
• Avdelning/ar: Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
• Publiceringsår: 2024-07-25
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 744-745
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Nature
• Volym: 631
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02270-3
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Nature Publishing Group
• Ämne: Geochemistry; Climate Science
• Nyckelord: Trees are methane sinks; Methane; Global methane budget; Flux measurements; Terrestrial methane sinks; Microbial methane sink
• Aktiv: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0028-0836