Unexpected Changes to the Global Methane Budget over the Past 2000 Years

Ferretti, D. F.; Miller, J. B.; White, J. W. C.; Etheridge, D. M.; Lassey, K. R.; Lowe, D. C.; Meure, C. M. MacFarling; Dreier, M. F.; Trudinger, C. M.; van Ommen, T. D.; Langenfelds, R. L.

doi:10.1126/science.1115193

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Unexpected Changes to the Global Methane Budget over the Past 2000 Years

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Ferretti, D. F., Miller, J. B., White, J. W. C., Etheridge, D. M., Lassey, K. R., Lowe, D. C., Meure, C. M. MacFarling, Dreier, M. F. +3 more·2005·Science

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We report a 2000-year Antarctic ice-core record of stable carbon isotope measurements in atmospheric methane (δ 13 CH 4 ). Large δ 13 CH 4 variations indicate that the methane budget varied unexpectedly during the late preindustrial Holocene (circa 0 to 1700 A.D.). During the first thousand years (0 to 1000 A.D.), δ 13 CH 4 was at least 2 per mil enriched compared to expected values, and during the following 700 years, an about 2 per mil depletion occurred. Our modeled methane source partitioning implies that biomass burning emissions were high from 0 to 1000 A.D. but reduced by almost ∼40% over the next 700 years. We suggest that both human activities and natural climate change influenced preindustrial biomass burning emissions and that these emissions have been previously understated in late preindustrial Holocene methane budget research.

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Atmospheric methane concentrations ranged from 590-760 ppb through much of the Holocene up to 1700 C.E.
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Authors: Ferretti, D. F., Miller, J. B., White, J. W. C., Etheridge, D. M., Lassey, K. R., Lowe, D. C., Meure, C. M. M., Dreier, M. F., Trudinger, C. M., van Ommen, T. D., & Langenfelds, R. L.
Affiliations: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Corresponding author: Ferretti, D. F.
ORCID: Miller, J. B.
White, J. W. C.
Etheridge, D. M.
Lassey, K. R.
Lowe, D. C.
Dreier, M. F.
Trudinger, C. M.
Langenfelds, R. L.
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2005-09-09
Volume: 309
Issue: 5741
Pages: 1714-1717
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1115193
OpenAlex: W2168755153
Cited by: 335
References: 28
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FWCI: 24.43
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Keywords: atmospheric methane, methane isotopes, carbon-13, Holocene, Antarctic ice cores, methane budget, biomass burning emissions, paleoclimate, natural climate change

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