Nature Communications (Jan 2020)
The Red Sea Deep Water is a potent source of atmospheric ethane and propane
- E. Bourtsoukidis,
- A. Pozzer,
- T. Sattler,
- V. N. Matthaios,
- L. Ernle,
- A. Edtbauer,
- H. Fischer,
- T. Könemann,
- S. Osipov,
- J.-D. Paris,
- E. Y. Pfannerstill,
- C. Stönner,
- I. Tadic,
- D. Walter,
- N. Wang,
- J. Lelieveld,
- J. Williams
Affiliations
- E. Bourtsoukidis
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- A. Pozzer
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- T. Sattler
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- V. N. Matthaios
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
- L. Ernle
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- A. Edtbauer
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- H. Fischer
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- T. Könemann
- Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- S. Osipov
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- J.-D. Paris
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212, IPSL
- E. Y. Pfannerstill
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- C. Stönner
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- I. Tadic
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- D. Walter
- Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- N. Wang
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- J. Lelieveld
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- J. Williams
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14375-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The Middle East is known to emit large amounts of non-methane hydrocarbon pollutants to the atmosphere, but the sources are poorly characterized. Here the authors discover a new source—deep water in the Red Sea—and calculate that its emissions exceed rates of several high gas-production countries.
