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Xin Lin
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Marie Curie Fellow @Global Wetland Center, University of Copenhagen
climate change, carbon & methane cycles, Earth observations & modeling
Reposted by Xin Lin
Approximately 465,000 metric tons of methane were emitted from the 2022 Nord Stream subsea pipeline leaks, according to three studies in Nature and Nature Communications.
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January 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposted by Xin Lin
Despite reduced human activity during global lockdowns, atmospheric #methane hit record highs in 2020 and 2021. 📈 A new study, funded by #ESA’s #RECCAP-2 project, links the rise in methane emissions to wetlands flooding.

Learn more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Recent methane surges reveal heightened emissions from tropical inundated areas - Nature Communications
The record-breaking atmospheric methane growth rates in 2020 and 2021 revealed heightened emissions from inundated areas in tropical Africa and Asia. However, current processed-based wetland models fa...
www.nature.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM