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Climate feedback on methane from wetlands

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Strong positive wetland methane climate feedbacks from global warming may occur but have not been accounted for in Earth system models. Now, model simulations show a substantial increase in methane emissions due to the stronger impact of warming over tropical wetlands.

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Fig. 1: Papyrus swamp, Kajjansi, equatorial Uganda.

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Nisbet, E.G. Climate feedback on methane from wetlands. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 421–422 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01634-3

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