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Methane and carbon dioxide emissions from 40 lakes along a north–south latitudinal transect in Alaska
A. Sepulveda-Jauregui
Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 5860, 99775 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
K. M. Walter Anthony
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 5860, 99775 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
K. Martinez-Cruz
Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 5860, 99775 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Biotechnology and Bioengineering Department, Cinvestav, 07360 Mexico City, D. F., Mexico
S. Greene
Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 60637 Chicago, Illinois, USA
F. Thalasso
Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 5860, 99775 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Biotechnology and Bioengineering Department, Cinvestav, 07360 Mexico City, D. F., Mexico
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This study of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission modes from 40 lakes along a latitudinal transect in Alaska revealed that thermokarst lakes formed in Pleistocene-aged icy, organic-rich yedoma-type permafrost had the highest emissions. Ebullition and diffusion were the dominant modes of CH4 and CO2 emissions, respectively. Accounting for the global warming potentials of the gases, the climate warming impact of lake CH4 emissions was 2 times higher than that of CO2.
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