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Large emissions from floodplain trees close the Amazon methane budget

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  • Sunitha R. Pangala

    (School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall
    Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University)

  • Alex Enrich-Prast

    (Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping
    Institute of Biology, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro)

  • Luana S. Basso

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN), Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria)

  • Roberta Bittencourt Peixoto

    (Institute of Biology, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro)

  • David Bastviken

    (Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping)

  • Edward R. C. Hornibrook

    (School of Earth Sciences, The University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building
    Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus)

  • Luciana V. Gatti

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN), Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria
    National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Center for Earth System Science (CCST), Greenhouse Gas Laboratory (LaGEE))

  • Humberto Marotta

    (Ecosystems and Global Change Laboratory (LEMG-UFF)/International Laboratory of Global Change (LINCGlobal), Biomass and Water Management Research Center (NAB-UFF), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Avenido Edmundo March
    Sedimentary and Environmental Processes Laboratory (LAPSA-UFF), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Avenida General Milton Tavares de Souza)

  • Luana Silva Braucks Calazans

    (Institute of Biology, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro)

  • Cassia Mônica Sakuragui

    (Institute of Biology, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro)

  • Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos

    (Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Federal University of Rondônia)

  • Olaf Malm

    (Radioisotopes Laboratory, Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ))

  • Emanuel Gloor

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane)

  • John Bharat Miller

    (Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

  • Vincent Gauci

    (School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall)

Abstract

Methane fluxes from the stems of Amazonian floodplain trees indicate that the escape of soil gas through wetland trees is the dominant source of methane emissions in the Amazon basin.

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  • Sunitha R. Pangala & Alex Enrich-Prast & Luana S. Basso & Roberta Bittencourt Peixoto & David Bastviken & Edward R. C. Hornibrook & Luciana V. Gatti & Humberto Marotta & Luana Silva Braucks Calazans &, 2017. "Large emissions from floodplain trees close the Amazon methane budget," Nature, Nature, vol. 552(7684), pages 230-234, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:552:y:2017:i:7684:d:10.1038_nature24639
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24639
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    1. Xin Lin & Shushi Peng & Philippe Ciais & Didier Hauglustaine & Xin Lan & Gang Liu & Michel Ramonet & Yi Xi & Yi Yin & Zhen Zhang & Hartmut Bösch & Philippe Bousquet & Frédéric Chevallier & Bogang Dong, 2024. "Recent methane surges reveal heightened emissions from tropical inundated areas," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Lorenzo Forni & Mehrab Kiarsi, 2023. "Optimal Climate and Monetary-Fiscal Policy in a Climate-DSGE Framework," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0299, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".
    3. Galina Churkina & Alan Organschi, 2022. "Will a Transition to Timber Construction Cool the Climate?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-8, April.
    4. A. O. Sawakuchi & E. D. Schultz & F. N. Pupim & D. J. Bertassoli & D. F. Souza & D. F. Cunha & C. E. Mazoca & M. P. Ferreira & C. H. Grohmann & I. D. Wahnfried & C. M. Chiessi & F. W. Cruz & R. P. Alm, 2022. "Rainfall and sea level drove the expansion of seasonally flooded habitats and associated bird populations across Amazonia," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.
    5. Chin-Hsien Cheng & Simon A. T. Redfern, 2022. "Impact of interannual and multidecadal trends on methane-climate feedbacks and sensitivity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

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