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Journal Article
Atmospheric methane since the last glacial maximum was driven by wetland sources
2023
Overview
Atmospheric methane (CH4) has changed considerably in the time between the last glacial maximum (LGM) and the preindustrial (PI) periods. We
investigate these changes in transient experiments with an Earth system model capable of simulating the global methane cycle interactively, focusing on the rapid changes during the deglaciation, especially
pronounced in the Bølling–Allerød (BA) and Younger Dryas (YD) periods. We consider all relevant natural sources and sinks of methane and examine the drivers of changes in methane emissions as well as in the atmospheric lifetime of methane. We find that the evolution of atmospheric methane is largely driven by emissions from tropical wetlands, while variations in the methane atmospheric lifetime are small but not negligible. Our model reproduces most changes in atmospheric methane very well, with the exception of the mid-Holocene decrease in methane, although the timing of ice-sheet meltwater fluxes needs to be adjusted slightly in order to exactly reproduce the variations in the BA and YD.
