From Archaea to the atmosphere: remotely sensing Arctic methane
Varner, R. K.; Cronin, D. R.; Crill, P.; Palace, M.; McCalley, C. K.; Deng, J.; Herrick, C.; Kuhn, M.; Hodgkins, S. B.; McArthur, K.; Singer, J. D.; Bolduc, B.; Li, Y.-F.; The Archaea to Atmosphere (A2A) Project Team, ; EMERGE Institute Coordinators, ; Li, C.; Tyson, G.; Frolking, S.; Chanton, J. P.; Persson, A.; Saleska, S. R.; Rich, V. I.
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Global atmospheric methane concentrations are rapidly rising and becoming isotopically more depleted, implying an unresolved microbial contribution. Rising Arctic temperatures are variably altering soil methane cycling, causing consequential uncertainty in the atmospheric methane budget. We demonstrated in an Arctic wetland that below-ground microbiota and methane-cycling features parallelled above-ground plant communities. To upscale emissions, we applied machine learning to remote sensing data to identify habitats, which were assigned average emissions. To upscale dynamically, we incorporated climate data, remotely-sensed water table variation, and habitat classes into a temporally-resolved biogeochemical model, to predict methane flux and isotope dynamics. This accurately estimated more depleted 13C-methane than previously used for Arctic habitats in global source partitioning. Remote-sensing of these rapidly changing inaccessible landscapes can thus help constrain the role of the Arctic in ongoing changes in global methane emissions.
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