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Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth

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Rigby, Matthew, Montzka, Stephen A., Prinn, Ronald G., White, James W. C., Young, Dickon, O’Doherty, Simon, Lunt, Mark F., Ganesan, Anita L., Manning, Alistair J., Simmonds, Peter G., Salameh, Peter K., Harth, Christina M., Mühle, Jens, Weiss, Ray F., Fraser, Paul J., Steele, L. Paul, Krummel, Paul B., McCulloch, Archie, Park, Sunyoung·2017·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Significance: Methane, the second most important greenhouse gas, has varied markedly in its atmospheric growth rate. The cause of these fluctuations remains poorly understood. Recent efforts to determine the drivers of the pause in growth in 1999 and renewed growth from 2007 onward have focused primarily on changes in sources alone. Here, we show that changes in the major methane sink, the hydroxyl radical, have likely played a substantial role in the global methane growth rate. This work has significant implications for our understanding of the methane budget, which is important if we are to better predict future changes in this potent greenhouse gas and effectively mitigate enhanced radiative forcing caused by anthropogenic emissions.

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Rigby, M., Montzka, S. A., Prinn, R. G., White, J. W. C., Young, D., O’Doherty, S., Lunt, M. F., Ganesan, A. L., Manning, A. J., Simmonds, P. G., Salameh, P. K., Harth, C. M., Mühle, J., Weiss, R. F., Fraser, P. J., Steele, L. P., Krummel, P. B., McCulloch, A., & Park, S.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2017-04-17
Volume
114
Issue
21
Pages
5373-5377
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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445
References
56
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23.72
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journal article
Language
en
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Rigby, M., Montzka, S. A., Prinn, R. G., White, J. W. C., Young, D., O’Doherty, S., Lunt, M. F., Ganesan, A. L., Manning, A. J., Simmonds, P. G., Salameh, P. K., Harth, C. M., Mühle, J., Weiss, R. F., Fraser, P. J., Steele, L. P., Krummel, P. B., McCulloch, A., & Park, S. (2017). Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616426114

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