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Title: Why methane surged in the atmosphere during the early 2020s.
Authors: Ciais P; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Zhu Y; Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, Beijing, China., Cai Y; Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, Beijing, China., Lan X; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA.; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA., Michel SE; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA.; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA., Zheng B; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China., Zhao Y; Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multi Spheres and Earth System (FDOMES) and Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China., Hauglustaine DA; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Lin X; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.; Global Wetland Center, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark., Zhang Y; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.; Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China., Sun S; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.; Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China., Tian X; State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Zhao M; State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Wang Y; State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Chang J; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China., Dou X; Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., Liu Z; Department of Earth System Science, State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering and Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China., Andrew R; CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway., Quinn CA; Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.; Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Poulter B; Spark Climate Solutions, San Francisco, CA, USA., Ouyang Z; College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA., Yuan W; Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, Beijing, China., Yuan K; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.; Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Climate Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Zhu Q; Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Climate Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA., Li F; Doerr School of Sustainability, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, USA., Pan N; Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA., Tian H; Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA., Yu X; Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA., Rocher-Ros G; Department of Ecology Environmental Science and Geoscience, Integrated Science Lab (IceLab), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Johnson MS; Earth Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA., Li M; Doerr School of Sustainability, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, USA.; Department of Earth System Science, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.; Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore., Li M; School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA., Feng D; Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA., Raymond P; School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA., Yang X; Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA., Canadell JG; Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Environment, Canberra, ACT, Australia., Jackson RB; Doerr School of Sustainability, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, USA.; Department of Earth System Science, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., Yu X; Atmospheric Science Research Center, The State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA., Li Y; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China., Saunois M; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Bousquet P; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Peng S; Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Source: Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 2026 Feb 05; Vol. 391 (6785), pp. eadx8262. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 05.
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