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Er wetlands sink eller source af greenhouse gasses?

Author: Asger LIndberg-Nielsen



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Uhhhh dette er et kontrolversielt emne Mitch found that all wetlands are wetland sinks uless they are net source of CO2. Because the amount of methane produced is so much smaller than co2 stored. (He did some stuff with the multiplication factor of methane and did extra corrections so multiplied with 6 or 4 instead of 21) Neubauer then said nope this is far to simplistic. You cannot play around with the multiplication factor like this. He says swamps and marshes can have a significate methane production. Some of them are net sources - some swamps and marshes. North american wetlands store a lot of carbon. Almost half of global storing in wetland is in north america mostly canada. Peatlands are taking up a lot of carbon Draining peatlands is really bad for climate change. All this organic carbon starts being emitted. It goes aerobic and respiration goes amok.


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Uhhhh dette er et kontrolversielt emne

Mitch found that all wetlands are wetland sinks uless they are net source of CO2. Because the amount of methane produced is so much smaller than co2 stored. 
(He did some stuff with the multiplication factor of methane and did extra corrections so multiplied with 6 or 4 instead of 21)

Neubauer then said nope this is far to simplistic. You cannot play around with the multiplication factor like this. 
He says swamps and marshes can have a significate methane production. Some of them are net sources - some swamps and marshes. 

North american wetlands store a lot of carbon. Almost half of global storing in wetland is in north america mostly canada. 

Peatlands are taking up a lot of carbon

Draining peatlands is really bad for climate change. All this organic carbon starts being emitted. It goes aerobic and respiration goes amok.
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