Methane Flux Responses to Warming and Inundation in the Qinghai Lake Littoral Wetland
Hairui Zhao, Ziwei Yang, Yanfen Yang, Mingzhu Cao, Yuyu Ma, Chen Chen, Shuchang Zhu, Kelong Chen · 2026
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Description
Hairui Zhao and colleagues report a 2026 year-long field experiment on methane release from the shoreline wetland of Qinghai Lake, China's largest salt lake. Alpine wetlands store much carbon, and warming plus changing water levels could unlock more methane. The team combined experimental warming with different flooding depths and measured gas fluxes across seasons.
Under flooding alone, emissions peaked in autumn. Warming reshaped the yearly pattern and produced unusually high winter emissions. Warming with deep flooding boosted summer and autumn release yet suppressed winter release. Soil carbon and nitrogen measures tracked emissions closely only in autumn. The authors highlight autumn as a key season when carbon and nitrogen move together, and they warn that future warming with wetter conditions may raise methane loss from such wetlands.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hairui Zhao, Ziwei Yang, Yanfen Yang, Mingzhu Cao, Yuyu Ma, Chen Chen, Shuchang Zhu, Kelong Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |