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Sources of CH4

Wetlands
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Ruminants
Waste Treatment
Rice agriculture
Biomass burning


Sinks for CH4
Atmosphere
Soils
Updated May 4, 2010

Methane News

leaves 4th May 2010 Plant Reprieve
Andy McLeod, and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have reported that methane emissions from vegetation are very minor compared to carbon uptake and storage.

sun 15th January 2010 Space Age Methane
Paul Palmer and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have used satellite data to demonstrate the large-scale controls of global methane production and emission.

rice 22nd March 2009 Paddy Potential
Xiaoyuan Yan and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have highlighted the potential for improved management to reduce methane emissions from rice cultivation.

ice 22nd March 2009 Methane Mire
Amanda Leigh Mascarelli of Nature Reports Climate Change has examined the recent evidence for, and implications of, accellerating hydrate and permafrost methane emissions.


Selected Papers

Scheutz and Kjeldsen
Enironmnetal factors and the attenuation of methane emissions from landfill

Scheutz et al.
Attenuating methane emissions from landfill using cover soils

Hao et al.
C-N balance and methane emissions during cattle manure composting

Nakano et al.
Measuring trace glas flux using closed chamber measurements


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