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Journal Article
Global atmospheric methane uptake by upland tree woody surfaces
2024
Overview
Methane is an important greenhouse gas
1
, but the role of trees in the methane budget remains uncertain
2
. Although it has been shown that wetland and some upland trees can emit soil-derived methane at the stem base
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,
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, it has also been suggested that upland trees can serve as a net sink for atmospheric methane
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,
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. Here we examine in situ woody surface methane exchange of upland tropical, temperate and boreal forest trees. We find that methane uptake on woody surfaces, in particular at and above about 2 m above the forest floor, can dominate the net ecosystem contribution of trees, resulting in a net tree methane sink. Stable carbon isotope measurement of methane in woody surface chamber air and process-level investigations on extracted wood cores are consistent with methanotrophy, suggesting a microbially mediated drawdown of methane on and in tree woody surfaces and tissues. By applying terrestrial laser scanning-derived allometry to quantify global forest tree woody surface area, a preliminary first estimate suggests that trees may contribute 24.6–49.9 Tg of atmospheric methane uptake globally. Our findings indicate that the climate benefits of tropical and temperate forest protection and reforestation may be greater than previously assumed.
Studies of in situ woody surface methane exchange in upland tropical, temperate and boreal forest trees find that methane uptake can result in a net tree methane sink that is globally significant and demonstrates an additional climate benefit provided by trees.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
/ Cores
/ Drawdown
/ Forestry
/ Forests
/ Global Warming - prevention & control
/ Global Warming - statistics & numerical data
/ Greenhouse Effect - prevention & control
/ Greenhouse Effect - statistics & numerical data
/ Greenhouse Gases - metabolism
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Methane
/ Rivers
/ Science
/ Taiga
/ Trees
/ Wetlands
