Accelerating methane growth rate from 2010 to 2017: leading contributions from the tropics and East Asia

Yin, Yi; Chevallier, Frederic; Ciais, Philippe; Bousquet, Philippe; Saunois, Marielle; Zheng, Bo; Worden, John; Bloom, A. Anthony; Parker, Robert J.; Jacob, Daniel J.; Dlugokencky, Edward J.; Frankenberg, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12631-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12631-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12631-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 16

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25 Aug 2021

Research article |

| 25 Aug 2021

Accelerating methane growth rate from 2010 to 2017: leading contributions from the tropics and East Asia

Yi Yin, Frederic Chevallier, Philippe Ciais, Philippe Bousquet, Marielle Saunois, Bo Zheng, John Worden, A. Anthony Bloom, Robert J. Parker, Daniel J. Jacob, Edward J. Dlugokencky, and Christian Frankenberg

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Jun 2021) by Bryan N. Duncan

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The growth of methane, the second-most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, has been accelerating in recent years. Using an ensemble of multi-tracer atmospheric inversions constrained by surface or satellite observations, we show that global methane emissions increased by nearly 1 % per year from 2010–2017, with leading contributions from the tropics and East Asia.