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Methane minimalism

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A meta-analysis of methane emissions at the ecosystem level reveals a simple exponential dependence on temperature, despite the complex array of factors that control this process. See Letter p.488

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Figure 1: Emissions network.

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  1. Tori M. Hoehler is in the Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, USA.,

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  2. Marc J. Alperin is in the Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3300, USA.,

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Hoehler, T., Alperin, M. Methane minimalism. Nature 507, 436–437 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13215

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