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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-575-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-575-2020
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Terrestrial methane emissions from the Last Glacial Maximum to the preindustrial period

Thomas Kleinen, Uwe Mikolajewicz, and Victor Brovkin

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We investigate the changes in natural methane emissions between the Last Glacial Maximum and preindustrial periods with a methane-enabled version of MPI-ESM. We consider all natural sources of methane except for emissions from wild animals and geological sources. Changes are dominated by changes in tropical wetland emissions, high-latitude wetlands play a secondary role, and all other natural sources are of minor importance. We explain the changes in ice core methane by methane emissions only.