Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 349 - 354
• Main Authors: Zhang, Liwei, Xia, Xinghui, Liu, Shaoda, Zhang, Sibo, Li, Siling, Wang, Junfeng, Wang, Gongqin, Gao, Hui, Zhang, Zhenrui, Wang, Qingrui, Wen, Wu, Liu, Ran, Yang, Zhifeng, Stanley, Emily H., Raymond, Peter A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/47/4113; 704/172; 704/242; 704/47/4113; Atmosphere; Atmospheric methane; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Climate change; Creeks & streams; Cryosphere; Diffusion rate; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Elevation; Emission measurements; Emissions; Fluxes; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; High altitude; Hot spots; Inland waters; Methane; Methane emissions; Methanogenic bacteria; Permafrost; Permafrost thaws; Plateaus; Positive feedback; Rivers; Shallow water; Stocks; Stream order; Streams; Water depth; Waterways; Tibet; Tibetan Plateau

Inland waters are large sources of methane to the atmosphere. However, considerable uncertainty exists in estimating the emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from global streams and rivers due, in part, to a lack of direct measurements in the high-altitude cryosphere and poor accounting for ebull...