ArticleNature communications2024
Recent methane surges reveal heightened emissions from tropical inundated areas.
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- Tropical Wetland Methane Emissions and Trends (2004-2023) Inferred from Landsat-Based Inundated Vegetation Data.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- A Global Methane Observation System to Reduce Uncertainty for Anthropogenic and Natural Sources and Sinks for Detecting and Attributing Climate Feedbacks.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Isotopic constraints in methane inversions reveal larger trends in wetland emissions with improved linkage to terrestrial water storage.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Satellite quantification of enhanced methane oxidation applied to the stratospheric plume following Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Global methane emissions rebounded in 2024 despite a deceleration in atmospheric growth.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Attributing 2019-2024 methane growth using TROPOMI satellite observations.Science advances · 2026Article
- Microglia Mitochondrial Metabolism in Neurological Diseases.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Microbial driver of 2006-2023 CHProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Converging evidence for reduced global atmospheric oxidation in 2020.National science review · 2025Article
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- Limited evidence that tropical inundation and precipitation powered the 2020-2022 methane surge.Communications earth & environment · 2025Article
- Slowdown in China's methane emission growth.National science review · 2024Article
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Abstract
Record breaking atmospheric methane growth rates were observed in 2020 and 2021 (15.2±0.5 and 17.8±0.5 parts per billion per year), the highest since the early 1980s. Here we use an ensemble of atmospheric inversions informed by surface or satellite methane observations to infer emission changes during these two years relative to 2019. Results show global methane emissions increased by 20.3±9.9 and 24.8±3.1 teragrams per year in 2020 and 2021, dominated by heightened emissions from tropical and boreal inundated areas, aligning with rising groundwater storage and regional warming. Current process-based wetland models fail to capture the tropical emission surges revealed by atmospheric inversions, likely due to inaccurate representation of wetland extents and associated methane emissions. Our findings underscore the critical role of tropical inundated areas in the recent methane emission surges and highlight the need to integrate multiple data streams and modeling tools for better constraining tropical wetland emissions.
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