Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2021)

Amazon methane budget derived from multi-year airborne observations highlights regional variations in emissions

  • Luana S. Basso,
  • Luciano Marani,
  • Luciana V. Gatti,
  • John B. Miller,
  • Manuel Gloor,
  • John Melack,
  • Henrique L. G. Cassol,
  • Graciela Tejada,
  • Lucas G. Domingues,
  • Egidio Arai,
  • Alber H. Sanchez,
  • Sergio M. Corrêa,
  • Liana Anderson,
  • Luiz E. O. C. Aragão,
  • Caio S. C. Correia,
  • Stephane P. Crispim,
  • Raiane A. L. Neves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00314-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Wetlands dominate methane emissions in Amazonia, with the largest emissions in the east but no discernible temporal trend, according to nine years of atmospheric methane observations across Amazonia.