Risk of the hydrogen economy for atmospheric methane

Matteo B. Bertagni; Stephen W. Pacala; Fabien Paulot; Amilcare Porporato

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35419-7

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Risk of the hydrogen economy for atmospheric methane

Matteo B. Bertagni,
Stephen W. Pacala,
Fabien Paulot,
Amilcare Porporato

Affiliations

Matteo B. Bertagni: The High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University
Stephen W. Pacala: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Fabien Paulot: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Amilcare Porporato: The High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35419-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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H2 has the potential to become the green, low-carbon fuel of the future. However, hydrogen emissions impact atmospheric methane (CH4). Bertagni et al. investigate the fate of atmospheric CH4 in scenarios of H2 economy.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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