Nature Communications (May 2020)

Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems

  • P. S. Keller,
  • N. Catalán,
  • D. von Schiller,
  • H.-P. Grossart,
  • M. Koschorreck,
  • B. Obrador,
  • M. A. Frassl,
  • N. Karakaya,
  • N. Barros,
  • J. A. Howitt,
  • C. Mendoza-Lera,
  • A. Pastor,
  • G. Flaim,
  • R. Aben,
  • T. Riis,
  • M. I. Arce,
  • G. Onandia,
  • J. R. Paranaíba,
  • A. Linkhorst,
  • R. del Campo,
  • A. M. Amado,
  • S. Cauvy-Fraunié,
  • S. Brothers,
  • J. Condon,
  • R. F. Mendonça,
  • F. Reverey,
  • E.-I. Rõõm,
  • T. Datry,
  • F. Roland,
  • A. Laas,
  • U. Obertegger,
  • J.-H. Park,
  • H. Wang,
  • S. Kosten,
  • R. Gómez,
  • C. Feijoó,
  • A. Elosegi,
  • M. M. Sánchez-Montoya,
  • C. M. Finlayson,
  • M. Melita,
  • E. S. Oliveira Junior,
  • C. C. Muniz,
  • L. Gómez-Gener,
  • C. Leigh,
  • Q. Zhang,
  • R. Marcé

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15929-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Many inland waters seasonally or permanently dry up, thus exposing sediments to the atmosphere. Here the authors show that a substantial amount of CO2 is emitted from these dry sediments, increasing current inland water carbon flux estimates by 6%.