Substantial hysteresis in emergent temperature sensitivity of global wetland CH4 emissions

Kuang Yu Chang; William J. Riley; Sara H. Knox; Robert B. Jackson; Gavin McNicol; Benjamin Poulter; Mika Aurela; Dennis Baldocchi; Sheel Bansal; Gil Bohrer; David I. Campbell; Alessandro Cescatti; Housen Chu; Kyle B. Delwiche; Ankur R. Desai; Eugenie Euskirchen; Thomas Friborg; Mathias Goeckede; Manuel Helbig; Kyle S. Hemes; Takashi Hirano; Hiroki Iwata; Minseok Kang; Trevor Keenan; Ken W. Krauss; Annalea Lohila; Ivan Mammarella; Bhaskar Mitra; Akira Miyata; Mats B. Nilsson; Asko Noormets; Walter C. Oechel; Dario Papale; Matthias Peichl; Michele L. Reba; Janne Rinne; Benjamin R.K. Runkle; Youngryel Ryu; Torsten Sachs; Karina V.R. Schäfer; Hans Peter Schmid; Narasinha Shurpali; Oliver Sonnentag; Angela C.I. Tang; Margaret S. Torn; Carlo Trotta; Eeva Stiina Tuittila; Masahito Ueyama; Rodrigo Vargas; Timo Vesala; Lisamarie Windham-Myers; Zhen Zhang; Donatella Zona

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Substantial hysteresis in emergent temperature sensitivity of global wetland CH₄ emissions

Kuang Yu Chang, William J. Riley, Sara H. Knox, Robert B. Jackson, Gavin McNicol, Benjamin Poulter, Mika Aurela, Dennis Baldocchi, Sheel Bansal, Gil Bohrer, David I. Campbell, Alessandro Cescatti, Housen Chu, Kyle B. Delwiche, Ankur R. Desai, Eugenie Euskirchen, Thomas Friborg, Mathias Goeckede, Manuel Helbig, Kyle S. HemesTakashi Hirano, Hiroki Iwata, Minseok Kang, Trevor Keenan, Ken W. Krauss, Annalea Lohila, Ivan Mammarella, Bhaskar Mitra, Akira Miyata, Mats B. Nilsson, Asko Noormets, Walter C. Oechel, Dario Papale, Matthias Peichl, Michele L. Reba, Janne Rinne, Benjamin R.K. Runkle, Youngryel Ryu, Torsten Sachs, Karina V.R. Schäfer, Hans Peter Schmid, Narasinha Shurpali, Oliver Sonnentag, Angela C.I. Tang, Margaret S. Torn, Carlo Trotta, Eeva Stiina Tuittila, Masahito Ueyama, Rodrigo Vargas, Timo Vesala, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Zhen Zhang, Donatella Zona

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Wetland methane (CH₄) emissions (FCH4) are important in global carbon budgets and climate change assessments. Currently, FCH4 projections rely on prescribed static temperature sensitivity that varies among biogeochemical models. Meta-analyses have proposed a consistent FCH4 temperature dependence across spatial scales for use in models; however, site-level studies demonstrate that FCH4 are often controlled by factors beyond temperature. Here, we evaluate the relationship between FCH4 and temperature using observations from the FLUXNET-CH₄ database. Measurements collected across the globe show substantial seasonal hysteresis between FCH4 and temperature, suggesting larger FCH4 sensitivity to temperature later in the frost-free season (about 77% of site-years). Results derived from a machine-learning model and several regression models highlight the importance of representing the large spatial and temporal variability within site-years and ecosystem types. Mechanistic advancements in biogeochemical model parameterization and detailed measurements in factors modulating CH₄ production are thus needed to improve global CH₄ budget assessments.

Original language	English
Article number	2266
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22452-1
State	Published - 1 Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Chang, K. Y., Riley, W. J., Knox, S. H., Jackson, R. B., McNicol, G., Poulter, B., Aurela, M., Baldocchi, D., Bansal, S., Bohrer, G., Campbell, D. I., Cescatti, A., Chu, H., Delwiche, K. B., Desai, A. R., Euskirchen, E., Friborg, T., Goeckede, M., Helbig, M., ... Zona, D. (2021). Substantial hysteresis in emergent temperature sensitivity of global wetland CH₄ emissions. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 2266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22452-1

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Substantial hysteresis in emergent temperature sensitivity of global wetland CH₄ emissions

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