Separating natural from human enhanced methane emissions in headwater streams

oleh: Yizhu Zhu, J. Iwan Jones, Adrian L. Collins, Yusheng Zhang, Louise Olde, Lorenzo Rovelli, John F. Murphy, Catherine M. Heppell, Mark Trimmer

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01

Deskripsi

The effects of fertiliser from intensive agriculture are well recognised, but not so well for fine-sediment. Here we show how widespread ingress of agriculturally derived fine-sediment since the 1940s markedly amplifies methane emissions from streams.