Halving of the northern wetland CH 4 source by a large Icelandic volcanic eruption

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Gauci, Vincent, Blake, Stephen, Stevenson, David S., Highwood, Eleanor J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Laki; ice core
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/25569/; https://oro.open.ac.uk/25569/1/d78193.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JG000499

Northern temperate and high-latitude wetlands are a major source of the greenhouse gas methane (CH 4 ). Here, we estimate the sensitivity in the strength of this source to the effects of large Icelandic volcanic eruptions such as the Laki eruption of 1783-1784. We applied spatially explicit modeled...