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Enigma of the recent methane budget [1]

The previously increasing atmospheric methane concentration has inexplicably stalled over the past three decades. This may be due to a fall in fossil-fuel emissions or to farming practices that are curtailing microbial sources.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2011
Martin Heimann [2]
Nature [3]
476
7359
157-158
Tags:
Methane [4], Green House Gases [5], Atmosphere [6], Land Use [7], Fossil Fuels [8], Biomass Gasification [9], Forest Fires [10], Climate Change [11]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass-gasification
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change