Understanding the dynamics of methane (CH 4) emissions is of paramount importance
because CH 4 has 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and is …

Potential rates of both methane production and methane consumptionvary over three orders
of magnitude and their distribution is skew. These rates are weakly correlated with …

Wetlands are the largest natural source of atmospheric methane. Here, we assess controls
on methane flux using a database of approximately 19 000 instantaneous measurements …

Carbon exchange between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere is one of the key
processes that need to be assessed in the context of the Kyoto Protocol. Several studies …

I compared effects of increased temperature and litter from different Alaskan tundra plant
species on cycling of carbon and nitrogen through litter and soil in microcosms. Warming …

It has been suggested that increases in temperature can accelerate the decomposition of
organic carbon contained in forest mineral soil (Cs), and, therefore, that global warming …

Aldo Leopold, father of the" land ethic," once said," The time has come for science to busy
itself with the earth itself. The first step is to reconstruct a sample of what we had to begin …

Life evolved and flourished in the absence of molecular oxygen (02). As the 02 content of
the atmosphere rose to the present level of 21% beginning about two billion years ago …

Peatlands contain one-third of soil carbon (C), mostly buried in deep, saturated anoxic
zones (catotelm). The response of catotelm C to climate forcing is uncertain, because prior …

This review examines the interactions among physical, chemical, and biological factors
responsible for methane (CH4) emission from natural wetlands. Methane is a chemically …