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Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change

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Wetlands are most likely the largest natural source of methane to the atmosphere (Khalil and Rasmussen, 1983; Cicerone and Oremland, 1988; Fung et al., 1991), accounting for ~20% of the current global annual emission of ~450–550 Tg (1012 g). Measurements of methane from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores indicate atmospheric concentrations of ~350 ppbv during the Last Glacial Maximum rising to 650 ppbv during the pre-industrial Holocene (Stauffer et al., 1988; Chappellaz et al., 1990).

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Matthews, E. (1993). Wetlands. In: Khalil, M.A.K. (eds) Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change. NATO ASI Series, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84605-2_15

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