A 21st-century shift from fossil-fuel to biogenic methane emissions indicated by 13CH4

Science

Volumn 352, Issue 6281, 2016, Pages 80-84

  Schaefer, Hinrich ^a   Fletcher, Sara E Mikaloff ^a   Veidt, Cordelia ^b   Lassey, Keith R ^a,e   Brailsford, Gordon W ^a   Bromley, Tony M ^a   Dlugokencky, Edward J ^c   Michel, Sylvia E ^d   Miller, John B ^c   Levin, Ingeborg ^b   Lowe, Dave C ^a,f   Martin, Ross J ^a   Vaughn, Bruce H ^d   White, James W C ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Lassey Research and Education   (New Zealand)

^f Climate Change Education and Renewable Energy   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WETLAND;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84960884418     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2705     Document Type: Review

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