Climate Change

No significant increase in long-term CH4 emissions on North Slope of Alaska despite significant increase in air temperature

Continuous measurements of atmospheric methane (CH4) mole fractions measured by NOAA's Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network in Barrow, AK (BRW), show strong enhancements above background values when winds come from the land sector from July to December from 1986 to 2015, indicating that emissions from arctic tundra continue through autumn and into early winter.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
22/06/2016
Colm Sweeney, Edward Dlugokencky, Charles E. Miller & et al
Geophysical Research Letters
1-8
Tags:
Methane, Green House Gases, Arctic, Atmosphere, Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Science