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239.甲烷2
P1 - Our findings: fluctuations in mehane levels in parallel with changes in global temperatures.
Ice cores serve as archieves - tiny bubbles of air reveal the relative concentrations of atmospheric gases in the past.
- during ice ages, CO2 concentrations are low
- during warm spells, level increase.
P2 - => CH4 follow the same trend as CO2, but the reason has been unclear.
1/ Scientists use wetlands to reconstruct the past mehane variations
But it was difficult to reproduce the differences in atmospheric methane levels between glacial and interglacial periods.
P3 - 2/ Another explanation involves the gas in a form known as methane hydrates(MH).
A large quantity of methane is trapped in the MH form in ocean sediments=> The sudden release of large quantity of CH4 from these sediments has been suggested as a possible cause for rapid global warming events in the earth's distant past.
Yet recent results from polar ice core studies show that marine methane hybrates were stable in the past.
P4 - Our findings: The amount of terrestrial vegetation varies along with the climate => cause of declines in CH4 during glacial and interglacial perios.
During the last glacial maximum, the plant growth on Amazon forests was half the entensive as today=> release less CH4.
After that, global suface teperature and CO2 concentrations have risen => plants release more CH4
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