Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0734-z

Models overestimate Arctic methane emissions compared to observations. Incorporating microbial dynamics into biogeochemistry models helps reconcile this discrepancy; high-affinity methanotrophs are an important part of the Arctic methane budget and double previous estimates of methane sinks.