Greenhouse Gas Emission Fluxes in Urban Wetlands of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Jianhua Si, Jiawen Kang, Shipeng Zhou, Jiawei Tian, Qilian Xie, Zhiwei Chen, Yue Qi, Qi An, Yanhong Gong, Biyu Qin, Sujin Lu · 2026
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Jianhua Si and a large team report a 2026 study of greenhouse gas release from urban wetlands in Xining, a high-altitude city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The team measured carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide crossing both water-air and soil-air boundaries in three wetland types: riverine, fully constructed, and semi-constructed.
Emissions differed clearly between sites and across seasons. Nutrient levels, temperature, and moisture strongly steered how much gas each wetland released. Constructed wetlands shaped by urban activity generally emitted more than the more natural riverine wetland. The authors say plateau cities cannot borrow lowland emission assumptions, because altitude and cold change the picture. Their results feed into wetland restoration choices and low-carbon planning for high-altitude urban areas.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jianhua Si, Jiawen Kang, Shipeng Zhou, Jiawei Tian, Qilian Xie, Zhiwei Chen, Yue Qi, Qi An, Yanhong Gong, Biyu Qin, Sujin Lu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |