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SUBMITTER: Zhang G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6987195 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Geli G Xiao Xiangming X Dong Jinwei J Xin Fengfei F Zhang Yao Y Qin Yuanwei Y Doughty Russell B RB Moore Berrien B
Nature communications 20200128 1
Agriculture (e.g., rice paddies) has been considered one of the main emission sources responsible for the sudden rise of atmospheric methane concentration (XCH<sub>4</sub>) since 2007, but remains debated. Here we use satellite-based rice paddy and XCH<sub>4</sub> data to investigate the spatial-temporal relationships between rice paddy area, rice plant growth, and XCH<sub>4</sub> in monsoon Asia, which accounts for ~87% of the global rice area. We find strong spatial consistencies between rice ...[more]