樹木の木質表面が大気中のメタンを除去(Woody surfaces oftrees remove methane from the atmosphere)

2024-07-25 リンショーピング大学

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• https://liu.se/en/news-item/woody-surfaces-of-trees-remove-methane-from-the-atmosphere
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07592-w

高地樹木の木質表面による世界の大気中メタン吸収量 Global atmospheric methane uptake by upland tree woody surfaces

Vincent Gauci,Sunitha Rao Pangala,Alexander Shenkin,Josep Barba,David Bastviken,Viviane Figueiredo,Carla Gomez,Alex Enrich-Prast,Emma Sayer,Tainá Stauffer,Bertie Welch,Dafydd Elias,Niall McNamara,Myles Allen & Yadvinder Malhi
Nature  Published:24 July 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07592-w

Abstract

Methane is an important greenhouse gas¹, but the role of trees in the methane budget remains uncertain². Although it has been shown that wetland and some upland trees can emit soil-derived methane at the stem base^3,4, it has also been suggested that upland trees can serve as a net sink for atmospheric methane^5,6. Here we examine in situ woody surface methane exchange of upland tropical, temperate and boreal forest trees. We find that methane uptake on woody surfaces, in particular at and above about 2 m above the forest floor, can dominate the net ecosystem contribution of trees, resulting in a net tree methane sink. Stable carbon isotope measurement of methane in woody surface chamber air and process-level investigations on extracted wood cores are consistent with methanotrophy, suggesting a microbially mediated drawdown of methane on and in tree woody surfaces and tissues. By applying terrestrial laser scanning-derived allometry to quantify global forest tree woody surface area, a preliminary first estimate suggests that trees may contribute 24.6–49.9 Tg of atmospheric methane uptake globally. Our findings indicate that the climate benefits of tropical and temperate forest protection and reforestation may be greater than previously assumed.