Climate Attribution

Coastal surface soil carbon stocks have distinctly increased under extensive ecological restoration in northern China

October 2023
Yuan Chi, Dahai Liu, Jianhua Gao, Jingkuan Sun, Zhiwei Zhang, Wenxiu Xing, Yubing Qu, Xuejian Ma, Bian Zha
Nature Communications Earth & Environment
This peer-reviewed study maps the surface soil organic carbon stock in northern China's coastal areas, and finds that extensive ecological restoration increased the surface carbon stock and density by 39.19% between 2010 and 2020.Read More →

Atmospheric observations suggest methane emissions in north-eastern China growing with natural gas use

November 2022
Fenjuan Wang, Shamil Maksyutov, Rajesh Janardanan, Aki Tsuruta, Akihiko Ito, Isamu Morino, Yukio Yoshida, Yasunori Tohjima, Johannes W. Kaiser, Xin Lan, Yong Zhang, Ivan Mammarella, Jost V. Lavric, Tsuneo Matsunaga
Nature Scientific Reports
Using atmospheric and satellite observations of methane, this study estimates poorly-measured methane emissions in China, and concludes that China's increased methane emissions are largely attributable to the growth in China's natural gas use.Read More →