ArticleScience advances2024
Marine emissions of methanethiol increase aerosol cooling in the Southern Ocean.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Fluorometric toolkit for methanethiol quantification and methanethiol oxidase activity determination in biological systems.Redox biology · 2026Article
- Identification of a membrane transporter for dimethylsulfoniopropionate uptake in marine eukaryotic phytoplankton.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Oxidation of Organic Sulfur at the Air-Water Interface of Microdroplets: A New Way of Atmospheric Particle Precursor Formation.ACS environmental Au · 2026Article
- Predicted shifts in bacterial and algal contributions to DMSP and DMS dynamics during a coastal spring-summer bloom.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Droplet surface spontaneous oxidation as a dominant formation pathway of organosulfates in the marine atmosphere.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Global Impacts of Marine Methanethiol Emissions and Chemistry in the Atmosphere.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Climate warming increases global oceanic dimethyl sulfide emissions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Simulating the Fate of Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) in the Atmosphere: A Review of Emission and Chemical Parameterizations.Atmosphere · 2025Article
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Abstract
Ocean-emitted dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is a major source of climate-cooling aerosols. However, most of the marine biogenic sulfur cycling is not routed to DMS but to methanethiol (MeSH), another volatile whose reactivity has hitherto hampered measurements. Therefore, the global emissions and climate impact of MeSH remain unexplored. We compiled a database of seawater MeSH concentrations, identified their statistical predictors, and produced monthly fields of global marine MeSH emissions adding to DMS emissions. Implemented into a global chemistry-climate model, MeSH emissions increase the sulfate aerosol burden by 30 to 70% over the Southern Ocean and enhance the aerosol cooling effect while depleting atmospheric oxidants and increasing DMS lifetime and transport. Accounting for MeSH emissions reduces the radiative bias of current climate models in this climatically relevant region.
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