Methane Emissions from Wetlands
- Visualizations by:
- Mark SubbaRao
- Scientific consulting by:
- Lesley Ott
- Produced by:
- Kathleen Gaeta
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Methane is an important greenhouse gas that’s contributed to around one third of global warming. About a third of total methane emissions comes from wetlands. Wetland habitats are filled with things like waterlogged soils and permafrost, which is what makes them sizable carbon sinks. But as a warming climate causes wetland soils to warm or flood, carbon is released into the atmosphere as methane.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Visualizer
- Mark SubbaRao (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Scientists
- Lesley Ott (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Benjamin Poulter (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Kathleen Gaeta (AIMM) [Lead]
Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET)
Web developer
- Eytan Kaplan (GST)
Papers
This visualization is based on the following papers:- Emerging role of wetland methane emissions in driving 21st century climate change, Zhen Zhang, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Andrea Stenke, and Benjamin Poulter, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1618765114
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