Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

A commentary on “The greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas in shale formations” by R.W. Howarth, R. Santoro, and Anthony Ingraffea

(2012) Lawrence M. Cathles et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Methane airborne measurements and comparison to global models during BARCA

(2012) Veronika Beck et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Distribution of methane in the tropical upper troposphere measured by CARIBIC and CONTRAIL aircraft

(2012) T. J. Schuck et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

No inter-hemispheric δ13CH4 trend observed

(2012) I. Levin et al.   NATURE

Long-term decline of global atmospheric ethane concentrations and implications for methane

(2012) Isobel J. Simpson et al.   NATURE

Iconic CO2 Time Series at Risk

(2012) S. Houweling et al.   SCIENCE

Simultaneously Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change and Improving Human Health and Food Security

(2012) D. Shindell et al.   SCIENCE

Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations

(2011) Robert W. Howarth et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Arctic methane sources: Isotopic evidence for atmospheric inputs

(2011) R. E. Fisher et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation and wetland methane interannual variability

(2011) E. L. Hodson et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Global column-averaged methane mixing ratios from 2003 to 2009 as derived from SCIAMACHY: Trends and variability

(2011) C. Frankenberg et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Reduced methane growth rate explained by decreased Northern Hemisphere microbial sources

(2011) Fuu Ming Kai et al.   NATURE

Recent decreases in fossil-fuel emissions of ethane and methane derived from firn air

(2011) Murat Aydin et al.   NATURE

Global atmospheric methane: budget, changes and dangers

(2011) E. J. Dlugokencky et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Permafrost carbon-climate feedbacks accelerate global warming

(2011) C. D. Koven et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The 2010 Amazon Drought

(2011) S. L. Lewis et al.   SCIENCE

Small Interannual Variability of Global Atmospheric Hydroxyl

(2011) S. A. Montzka et al.   SCIENCE

Freshwater Methane Emissions Offset the Continental Carbon Sink

(2011) D. Bastviken et al.   SCIENCE

Emissions of gases and particles from biomass burning during the 20th century using satellite data and an historical reconstruction

(2010) A. Mieville et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Optimal estimation of the present-day global methane budget

(2010) Lisa Neef et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Large-Scale Controls of Methanogenesis Inferred from Methane and Gravity Spaceborne Data

(2010) A. A. Bloom et al.   SCIENCE

Extensive Methane Venting to the Atmosphere from Sediments of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

(2010) N. Shakhova et al.   SCIENCE

Observational constraints on recent increases in the atmospheric CH4burden

(2009) E. J. Dlugokencky et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from the ocean: A reassessment using basin-wide observations in the Atlantic

(2009) T. S. Rhee et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Emission of methane from plants

(2009) R.E.R Nisbet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reappraisal of the fossil methane budget and related emission from geologic sources

(2008) Giuseppe Etiope et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

(2008) M. Rigby et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS