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Photo by Christian Juncher JörgensenNature Geoscience just newly published a PAGE21 related paper called "Net regional methane sink in High Arctic soils of northeast Greenland" authored by Christian Juncher Jørgensen, Katrine Maria Lund Johansen, Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen and Bo Elberling from the University of Copenhagen.
This paper presents measurements of rates of methane consumption in different vegetation types within the Zackenberg Valley in northeast Greenland over a full growing season.
Based on these measurementthe authors conclude that the ice-free area of northeast Greenland acts as a net sink of atmospheric methane, and suggest that this sink will probably be enhanced under future warmer climatic conditions.
Jørgensen, C.J., Johansen K.M.L., Westergaard-Nielsen, A. & Elberling, B. (2014) High Arctic CH4 sink reverses the CH4 budget of Northeast Greenland. Nature Geoscience, (Published online 8 Dec 2014), doi: 10.1038/ngeo2305
Full article can be accessed HERE.
