采伐对小兴安岭落叶松-泥炭藓沼泽温室气体排放的影响

利用静态箱-气相色谱法,研究了择伐和皆伐对小兴安岭落叶松-泥炭藓沼泽CH4、CO2、N2O排放的影响.结果表明:采伐改变了落叶松-泥炭藓沼泽CH4和N2O的季节排放规律,其中对照样地的CH4为夏季吸收、秋季排放,N2O夏秋季吸收;择伐样地的CH4和N2O在夏季集中排放;皆伐样地的CH4在夏秋季排放,N2O则在夏季吸收、秋季排放.但采伐对CO2季节排放规律的影响,均为夏季春季秋季.采伐改变了CH4、CO2和N2O的源汇功能,对照样地为CO2的排放源、CH4和N2O的弱吸收汇;采伐地的CO2排放量下降了1/4,并转化为N2O弱排放源,为CH4的弱排放源或强排放源.择伐样地温室效应贡献潜力较对照样地下降了24.5%,皆伐地则提高了3.2%.     

模拟水位变化对杭州湾芦苇湿地夏季温室气体日通量的影响

水位是影响湿地温室气体排放的重要因子。采用静态箱-气相色谱法研究了模拟条件下不同水位(0、5、10 cm和20 cm)对芦苇湿地温室气体(CO_2、CH_4、N_2O)夏季昼夜通量变化的影响。结果表明,1)4种不同水位CO_2通量日变化均表现为昼低夜高,且白天为汇,夜间为源,整体均表现为CO_2的汇;不同水位CH_4通量日变化则均表现为昼高夜低,且整体上均表现为CH_4的源;N_2O通量总体上水淹后均表现为昼高夜低而0cm水位表现为昼低夜高;2)随着水位的增加CH_4和CO_2平均通量呈现先增加后降低的趋势,且10cm水位下CH_4和CO_2平均通量最高,N_2O通量则在5cm水位最高;3)通过相关性和主成分分析表明,气温、水温是土壤CH_4、N_2O通量日变化的主导因子,而土壤温度是CO_2日变化通量的主导因子,同时,土壤p H、Eh及水体p H、Eh是CO_2通量日变化的重要因子之一。     

温带针阔混交林土壤碳氮气体通量的主控因子与耦合关系

中高纬度森林地区由于气候条件变化剧烈,土壤温室气体排放量的估算存在很大的不确定性,并且不同碳氮气体通量的主控因子与耦合关系尚不明确。以长白山温带针阔混交林为研究对象,采用静态箱-气相色谱法连续4a(2005—2009年)测定土壤二氧化碳(CO2)、甲烷(CH4)和氧化亚氮(N2O)净交换通量以及温度、水分等相关环境因子。研究结果表明:温带针阔混交林土壤整体上表现为CO2和N2O的排放源和CH4的吸收汇。土壤CH4、CO2和N2O通量的年均值分别为-1.3 kg CH4hm-2a-1、15102.2 kg CO2hm-2a-1和6.13 kg N2O hm-2a-1。土壤CO2通量呈现明显的季节性规律,主要受土壤温度的影响,水分次之;土壤CH4通量的季节变化不明显,与土壤水分显著正相关;土壤N2O通量季节变化与土壤CO2通量相似,与土壤水分、温度显著正相关。土壤CO2通量和CH4通量不存在任何类型的耦合关系,与N2O通量也不存在耦合关系;土壤CH4和N2O通量之间表现为消长型耦合关系。这项研究显示温带针阔混交林土壤碳氮气体通量主要受环境因子驱动,不同气体通量产生与消耗之间存在复杂的耦合关系,下一步研究需要深入探讨环境变化对其耦合关系的影响以及内在的生物驱动机制。     

Greenhouse gas fluxes from the eutrophic Temmesjoki River and its Estuary in the Liminganlahti Bay (the Baltic Sea)

We studied concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) in the eutrophic Temmesjoki River and Estuary in the Liminganlahti Bay in 2003–2004 and evaluated the atmospheric fluxes of the gases based on measured concentrations, wind speeds and water current velocities. The Temmesjoki River was a source of CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O to the atmosphere, whereas the Liminganlahti Bay was a minor source of CH₄ and a minor source or a sink of CO₂ and N₂O. The results show that the fluxes of greenhouse gases in river ecosystems are highly related to the land use in its catchment areas. The most upstream river site, surrounded by forests and drained peatlands, released significant amounts of CO₂ and CH₄, with average fluxes of 5,400 mg CO₂–C m⁻² d⁻¹ and 66 mg CH₄–C m⁻² d⁻¹, and concentrations of 210 μM and 345 nM, respectively, but N₂O concentrations, at an average of 17 nM, were close to the atmospheric equilibrium concentration. The downstream river sites surrounded by agricultural soils released significant amounts of N₂O (with an average emission of 650 μg N₂O–N m⁻² d⁻¹ and concentration of 22 nM), whereas the CO₂ and CH₄ concentrations were low compared to the upstream site (55 μM and 350 nM). In boreal regions, rivers are partly ice-covered in wintertime (approximately 5 months). A large part of the gases, i.e. 58% of CO₂, 55% of CH₄ and 36% of N₂O emissions, were found to be released during wintertime from unfrozen parts of the river.     

Greenhouse gas fluxes over managed grasslands in Central Europe

Central European grasslands are characterized by a wide range of different management practices in close geographical proximity. Site‐specific management strategies strongly affect the biosphere–atmosphere exchange of the three greenhouse gases (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O), and methane (CH₄). The evaluation of environmental impacts at site level is challenging, because most in situ measurements focus on the quantification of CO₂ exchange, while long‐term N₂O and CH₄ flux measurements at ecosystem scale remain scarce. Here, we synthesized ecosystem CO₂, N₂O, and CH₄ fluxes from 14 managed grassland sites, quantified by eddy covariance or chamber techniques. We found that grasslands were on average a CO₂ sink (−1,783 to −91 g CO₂ m⁻² year⁻¹), but a N₂O source (18–638 g CO₂‐eq. m⁻² year⁻¹), and either a CH₄ sink or source (−9 to 488 g CO₂‐eq. m⁻² year⁻¹). The net GHG balance (NGB) of nine sites where measurements of all three GHGs were available was found between −2,761 and −58 g CO₂‐eq. m⁻² year⁻¹, with N₂O and CH₄ emissions offsetting concurrent CO₂ uptake by on average 21 ± 6% across sites. The only positive NGB was found for one site during a restoration year with ploughing. The predictive power of soil parameters for N₂O and CH₄ fluxes was generally low and varied considerably within years. However, after site‐specific data normalization, we identified environmental conditions that indicated enhanced GHG source/sink activity (“sweet spots”) and gave a good prediction of normalized overall fluxes across sites. The application of animal slurry to grasslands increased N₂O and CH₄ emissions. The N₂O‐N emission factor across sites was 1.8 ± 0.5%, but varied considerably at site level among the years (0.1%–8.6%). Although grassland management led to increased N₂O and CH₄ emissions, the CO₂ sink strength was generally the most dominant component of the annual GHG budget.     

Computational screening of ZIFs for CO2 separations

Using molecular simulations, we studied a diverse collection of zeolite–imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) to evaluate their performances in adsorption- and membrane-based gas separations. Molecular simulations were performed for both single-component gases (CH₄, CO₂, H₂ and N₂) and binary gas mixtures (CO₂/CH₄, CO₂/N₂, CO₂/H₂ and CH₄/H₂) to predict the intrinsic and mixture selectivities of ZIFs. These two selectivities were compared to discuss the importance of multi-component mixture effects on making predictions about the separation performance of a material. Gas separation performances of ZIFs were compared with other nanoporous materials and our results showed that several ZIFs can outperform well-known zeolites and metal–organic frameworks in CO₂ separations. Several other properties of ZIFs such as gas permeability, working capacity and sorbent selection parameter were computed to identify the most promising materials in adsorption- and membrane-based separation of CO₂/CH₄, CO₂/N₂, CO₂/H₂ and CH₄/H₂.     

Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations on CH4 and N2O Emission from Rice Soil: An Experiment in Controlled-environment Chambers

The effects of elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO₂ on CH₄ and N₂O emissions from rice soil were investigated in controlled-environment chambers using rice plants growing in pots. Elevated CO₂ significantly increased CH₄ emission by 58% compared with ambient CO₂. The CH₄ emitted by plant-mediated transport and ebullition–diffusion accounted for 86.7 and 13.3% of total emissions during the flooding period under ambient level, respectively; and for 88.1 and 11.9% of total emissions during the flooding period under elevated CO₂ level, respectively. No CH₄ was emitted from plant-free pots, suggesting that the main source of emitted CH₄ was root exudates or autolysis products. Most N₂O was emitted during the first 3 weeks after flooding and rice transplanting, probably through denitrification of NO₃⁻ contained in the experimental soil, and was not affected by the CO₂ concentration. Pre-harvest drainage suppressed CH₄ emission but did not cause much N₂O emission (< 10 μg N m⁻² h⁻¹) from the rice-plant pots at both CO₂ concentrations.     

Carbon dioxide,methane, and nitrous oxide exchanges in an age‐sequence of temperate pine forests

We investigated soil carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O) exchanges in an age‐sequence (4, 17, 32, 67 years old) of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) forests in southern Ontario, Canada, for the period of mid‐April to mid‐December in 2006 and 2007. For both CH₄ and N₂O, we observed uptake and emission ranging from ?160 to 245 μg CH₄ m^?2 h^?1 and ?52 to 21 μg N₂O m^?2 h^?1, respectively (negative values indicate uptake). Mean fluxes from mid‐April to mid‐December across the 4, 17, 32, 67 years old stands were similar for CO₂ fluxes (259, 246, 220, and 250 mg CO₂ m^?2 h^?1, respectively), without pattern for N₂O fluxes (?3.7, 1.5, ?2.2, and ?7.6 μg N₂O m^?2 h^?1, respectively), whereas the uptake rates of CH₄ increased with stand age (6.4, ?7.9, ?10.8, and ?23.3 μg CH₄ m^?2 h^?1, respectively). For the same period, the combined contribution of CH₄ and N₂O exchanges to the global warming potential (GWP) calculated from net ecosystem exchange of CO₂ and aggregated soil exchanges of CH₄ and N₂O was on average 4%, <1%, <1%, and 2% for the 4, 17, 32, 67 years old stand, respectively. Soil CO₂ fluxes correlated positively with soil temperature but had no relationship with soil moisture. We found no control of soil temperature or soil moisture on CH₄ and N₂O fluxes, but CH₄ emission was observed following summer rainfall events. LFH layer removal reduced CO₂ emissions by 43%, increased CH₄ uptake during dry and warm soil conditions by more than twofold, but did not affect N₂O flux. We suggest that significant alternating sink and source potentials for both CH₄ and N₂O may occur in N‐ and soil water‐limited forest ecosystems, which constitute a large portion of forest cover in temperate areas.     

Soil-atmospheric exchange of CO2, CH4, and N2O in three subtropical forest ecosystems in southern China

The magnitude, temporal, and spatial patterns of soil‐atmospheric greenhouse gas (hereafter referred to as GHG) exchanges in forests near the Tropic of Cancer are still highly uncertain. To contribute towards an improvement of actual estimates, soil‐atmospheric CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O fluxes were measured in three successional subtropical forests at the Dinghushan Nature Reserve (hereafter referred to as DNR) in southern China. Soils in DNR forests behaved as N₂O sources and CH₄ sinks. Annual mean CO₂, N₂O, and CH₄ fluxes (mean±SD) were 7.7±4.6 Mg CO₂‐C ha^?1 yr^?1, 3.2±1.2 kg N₂O‐N ha^?1 yr^?1, and 3.4±0.9 kg CH₄‐C ha^?1 yr^?1, respectively. The climate was warm and wet from April through September 2003 (the hot‐humid season) and became cool and dry from October 2003 through March 2004 (the cool‐dry season). The seasonality of soil CO₂ emission coincided with the seasonal climate pattern, with high CO₂ emission rates in the hot‐humid season and low rates in the cool‐dry season. In contrast, seasonal patterns of CH₄ and N₂O fluxes were not clear, although higher CH₄ uptake rates were often observed in the cool‐dry season and higher N₂O emission rates were often observed in the hot‐humid season. GHG fluxes measured at these three sites showed a clear increasing trend with the progressive succession. If this trend is representative at the regional scale, CO₂ and N₂O emissions and CH₄ uptake in southern China may increase in the future in light of the projected change in forest age structure. Removal of surface litter reduced soil CO₂ effluxes by 17–44% in the three forests but had no significant effect on CH₄ absorption and N₂O emission rates. This suggests that microbial CH₄ uptake and N₂O production was mainly related to the mineral soil rather than in the surface litter layer.     

Contribution of litter layer to soil greenhouse gas emissions in a temperate beech forest

Background and aims

The litter layer is a major source of CO₂, and it also influences soil-atmosphere exchange of N₂O and CH₄. So far, it is not clear how much of soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emission derives from the litter layer itself or is litter-induced. The present study investigates how the litter layer controls soil GHG fluxes and microbial decomposer communities in a temperate beech forest.

Methods

We removed the litter layer in an Austrian beech forest and studied responses of soil CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O fluxes and the microbial community via phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA). Soil GHG fluxes were determined with static chambers on 22 occasions from July 2012 to February 2013, and soil samples collected at 8 sampling events.

Results

Litter removal reduced CO₂ emissions by 30 % and increased temperature sensitivity (Q₁₀) of CO₂ fluxes. Diffusion of CH₄ into soil was facilitated by litter removal and CH₄ uptake increased by 16 %. This effect was strongest in autumn and winter when soil moisture was high. Soils without litter turned from net N₂O sources to slight N₂O sinks because N₂O emissions peaked after rain events in summer and autumn, which was not the case in litter-removal plots. Microbial composition was only transiently affected by litter removal but strongly influenced by seasonality.

Conclusions

Litter layers must be considered in calculating forest GHG budgets, and their influence on temperature sensitivity of soil GHG fluxes taken into account for future climate scenarios.

     

Climate change reduces the net sink of CH4 and N2O in a semiarid grassland

Atmospheric concentrations of methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) have increased over the last 150 years because of human activity. Soils are important sources and sinks of both potent greenhouse gases where their production and consumption are largely regulated by biological processes. Climate change could alter these processes thereby affecting both rate and direction of their exchange with the atmosphere. We examined how a rise in atmospheric CO₂ and temperature affected CH₄ and N₂O fluxes in a well‐drained upland soil (volumetric water content ranging between 6% and 23%) in a semiarid grassland during five growing seasons. We hypothesized that responses of CH₄ and N₂O fluxes to elevated CO₂ and warming would be driven primarily by treatment effects on soil moisture. Previously we showed that elevated CO₂ increased and warming decreased soil moisture in this grassland. We therefore expected that elevated CO₂ and warming would have opposing effects on CH₄ and N₂O fluxes. Methane was taken up throughout the growing season in all 5 years. A bell‐shaped relationship was observed with soil moisture with highest CH₄ uptake at intermediate soil moisture. Both N₂O emission and uptake occurred at our site with some years showing cumulative N₂O emission and other years showing cumulative N₂O uptake. Nitrous oxide exchange switched from net uptake to net emission with increasing soil moisture. In contrast to our hypothesis, both elevated CO₂ and warming reduced the sink of CH₄ and N₂O expressed in CO₂ equivalents (across 5 years by 7% and 11% for elevated CO₂ and warming respectively) suggesting that soil moisture changes were not solely responsible for this reduction. We conclude that in a future climate this semiarid grassland may become a smaller sink for atmospheric CH₄ and N₂O expressed in CO₂‐equivalents.     

Change in fluxes of carbon dioxide,methane and nitrous oxide due to forest drainage of mire sites of different trophy

Northern peatlands accumulate atmospheric CO₂ thus counteracting climate warming. However, CH₄ which is more efficient as a greenhouse gas than CO₂, is produced in the anaerobic decomposition processes in peat. When peatlands are taken for forestry their water table is lowered by ditching. We studied long-term effects of lowered water table on the development of vegetation and the annual emissions of CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O in an ombrotrophic bog and in a minerotrophic fen in Finland. Reclamation of the peat sites for forestry had changed the composition and coverage of the field and ground layer species, and increased highly the growth of tree stand at the drained fen. In general, drainage increased the annual CO₂ emissions but the emissions were also affected by the natural fluctuations of water table. In contrast to CO₂, drainage had decreased the emissions of CH₄, the drained fen even consumed atmospheric CH₄. CO₂ and CH₄ emissions were higher in the virgin fen than in the virgin bog. There were no N₂O emissions from neither type of virgin sites. Drainage had, however, highly increased the N₂O emissions from the fen. The results suggest that post-drainage changes in gas fluxes depend on the trophy of the original mires.     

Annual emissions of greenhouse gases from sheepfolds in Inner Mongolia

Sheepfolds represent significant hot spot sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) in semi-arid grassland regions, such as Inner Mongolia in China. However, the annual contribution of sheepfolds to regional GHG emissions is still unknown. In order to quantify its annual contribution, we conducted measurements of carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes at two sheepfold sites in the Baiyinxile administrative region of Inner Mongolia for 1 year, using static opaque chamber and gas chromatography methods. Our data show that, at an annual scale, both sheepfolds functioned as net sources of CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O. Temperatures primarily determined the seasonal pattern of CO₂ emission; 60–84% of the CO₂ flux variation could be explained by temperature changes. High rates of net CH₄ emissions from sheepfold soils were only observed when animals (sheep and goats) were present. While nitrous oxide emissions were also stimulated by the presence of animals, pulses of N₂O emissions were also be related to rainfall and spring-thaw events. The total annual cumulative GHG emissions in CO₂ equivalents (CO₂: 1; CH₄: 25; and N₂O: 298) were quantified as 87.4?±?18.4 t ha^?1 for the sheepfold that was used during the non-grazing period (i.e., winter sheepfold) and 136.7?±?15.9 t ha^?1 used during the grazing period (i.e., summer sheepfold). Of the annual total GHG emissions, CH₄ release accounted for approximately 1% of emissions, while CO₂ and N₂O emissions contributed to approximately 59% and 40%, respectively. The total GHG emission factor (CO₂?+?CH₄?+?N₂O) per animal for the sheepfolds investigated in this study was 30.3 kg CO₂ eq yr^?1 head^?1, which translates to 0.3, 18.8 and 11.2 kg CO₂ eq yr^?1 head^?1 for CH₄, CO₂ and N₂O, respectively. Sheepfolds accounted for approximately 34% of overall N₂O emissions in the Baiyinxile administrative region, a typical steppe region within Inner Mongolia. The contribution of sheepfolds to the regional CO₂ or CH₄ exchange is marginal.     

Molecular simulation of CO2, N2 and CH4 adsorption and separation in ZIF-78 and ZIF-79

In this study, we investigated the adsorption and separation behaviours of CO₂, N₂ and CH₄ in ZIF-78 and ZIF-79 by means of grand canonical Monte Carlo methods. Our simulations indicate that preferential adsorption sites are mainly located at the regions where guest molecules can maximise interactions with the imidazolate (IM) linkers. The –NO₂ and –CH₃ functional groups are not the major binding sites that directly bind the guest molecules. Instead, they alter the electronic structure and polarity of the adjacent IM linkers to affect the adsorption behaviours. In addition, we found that the selectivity of CO₂ over N₂ or CH₄ is found to be dependent on the component fractions of CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄ mixtures. Specifically, the selectivity of CO₂ over N₂ increases with CO₂ composition fraction, while the trend for the selectivity of CO₂/CH₄ was opposite.     

Soil–atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases in a Eucalyptus marginata woodland, a clover-grass pasture, and Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus plantations

Soils provide the largest terrestrial carbon store, the largest atmospheric CO₂ source, the largest terrestrial N₂O source and the largest terrestrial CH₄ sink, as mediated through root and soil microbial processes. A change in land use or management can alter these soil processes such that net greenhouse gas exchange may increase or decrease. We measured soil–atmosphere exchange of CO₂, N₂O and CH₄ in four adjacent land‐use systems (native eucalypt woodland, clover‐grass pasture, Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus plantation) for short, but continuous, periods between October 2005 and June 2006 using an automated trace gas measurement system near Albany in southwest Western Australia. Mean N₂O emission in the pasture was 26.6 μg N m⁻² h⁻¹, significantly greater than in the natural and managed forests (< 2.0 μg N m⁻² h⁻¹). N₂O emission from pasture soil increased after rainfall events (up to 100 μg N m⁻² h⁻¹) and as soil water content increased into winter, whereas no soil water response was detected in the forest systems. Gross nitrification through ¹⁵N isotope dilution in all land‐use systems was small at water holding capacity < 30%, and under optimum soil water conditions gross nitrification ranged between < 0.1 and 1.0 mg N kg⁻¹ h⁻¹, being least in the native woodland/eucalypt plantation < pine plantation < pasture. Forest soils were a constant CH₄ sink, up to −20 μg C m⁻² h⁻¹ in the native woodland. Pasture soil was an occasional CH₄ source, but weak CH₄ sink overall (−3 μg C m⁻² h⁻¹). There were no strong correlations (R < 0.4) between CH₄ flux and soil moisture or temperature. Soil CO₂ emissions (35–55 mg C m⁻² h⁻¹) correlated with soil water content (R < 0.5) in all but the E. globulus plantation. Soil N₂O emissions from improved pastures can be considerable and comparable with intensively managed, irrigated and fertilised dairy pastures. In all land uses, soil N₂O emissions exceeded soil CH₄ uptake on a carbon dioxide equivalent basis. Overall, afforestation of improved pastures (i) decreases soil N₂O emissions and (ii) increases soil CH₄ uptake.     

城镇快速发展对河流温室气体溶存及扩散通量的影响——以重庆市黑水滩河流域场镇为例

场镇发展是西南山区城镇发展的重要模式,且大部分场镇沿河分布,快速城镇发展给河流水环境及生物地化过程带来了一系列影响,然而其对河流温室气体排放时空格局的影响及机制尚不清楚。选择流域场镇发展特征明显的黑水滩河为研究对象,于2014年9月、12月、2015年3月、6月,对流域内干、支流水体温室气体浓度及扩散通量进行分析,旨在阐明流域场镇式发展下河流温室气体排放时空特征及关键驱动因素。研究结果表明,黑水滩河干、支流水体年均二氧化碳分压(pCO_2)及甲烷(CH_4)、一氧化二氮(N_2O)浓度均处于过饱和状态,是大气温室气体的净排放源;流域内干、支流水体流经不同场镇区前后水体碳、氮、磷及叶绿素a含量均不同程度增加,从上游向下游呈现明显的污染累积;水体溶存pCO_2\\CH_4\\N_2O浓度及扩散通量在不同场镇前后也呈现显著增加的趋势,三种温室气体扩散通量平均增幅分别为25.88%、55.22%、99.64%;河流水体pCO_2与N_2O浓度及通量秋季高于其他季节,CH_4浓度及扩散通量春季最高,秋季次之,夏、冬季最低,温室气体浓度及排放的季节变化主要受温度和降雨格局共同影响。相关分析表明,pCO_2与水温和pH关系密切,而水体CH_4和N_2O浓度与水体碳、氮、磷等生源要素均呈显著的正相关关系,水体CH_4与N_2O浓度对生源要素输入极为敏感,流域场镇发展带来的河流污染负荷的增加可能对水体CH_4与N_2O排放产生明显的激发效应。本研究认为,山区河流流域内沿河串珠状场镇分布对河流水体生源要素及其他理化性质产生累积影响,进而改变了水体温室气体的产生与排放时空格局。     

Greenhouse gas budget (CO2, CH4 and N2O) of intensively managed grassland following restoration

The first full greenhouse gas (GHG) flux budget of an intensively managed grassland in Switzerland (Chamau) is presented. The three major trace gases, carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O) were measured with the eddy covariance (EC) technique. For CO₂ concentrations, an open‐path infrared gas analyzer was used, while N₂O and CH₄ concentrations were measured with a recently developed continuous‐wave quantum cascade laser absorption spectrometer (QCLAS). We investigated the magnitude of these trace gas emissions after grassland restoration, including ploughing, harrowing, sowing, and fertilization with inorganic and organic fertilizers in 2012. Large peaks of N₂O fluxes (20–50 nmol m^?2 s^?1 compared with a <5 nmol m^?2 s^?1 background) were observed during thawing of the soil after the winter period and after mineral fertilizer application followed by re‐sowing in the beginning of the summer season. Nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes were controlled by nitrogen input, plant productivity, soil water content and temperature. Management activities led to increased variations of N₂O fluxes up to 14 days after the management event as compared with background fluxes measured during periods without management (<5 nmol m^?2 s^?1). Fluxes of CO₂ remained small until full plant development in early summer 2012. In contrast, methane emissions showed only minor variations over time. The annual GHG flux budget was dominated by N₂O (48% contribution) and CO₂ emissions (44%). CH₄ flux contribution to the annual budget was only minor (8%). We conclude that recently developed multi‐species QCLAS in an EC system open new opportunities to determine the temporal variation of N₂O and CH₄ fluxes, which further allow to quantify annual emissions. With respect to grassland restoration, our study emphasizes the key role of N₂O and CO₂ losses after ploughing, changing a permanent grassland from a carbon sink to a significant carbon source.     

Greenhouse gas dynamics in boreal, littoral sediments under raised CO2 and nitrogen supply

SUMMARY 1. The effects of increasing CO₂ and nitrogen loading and of a change in water table and temperature on littoral CH₄, N₂O and CO₂ fluxes were studied in a glasshouse experiment with intact sediment cores including vegetation (mainly sedges), taken from a boreal eutrophic lake in Finland. Sediments with the water table held at a level of 0 or at ?15 cm were incubated in an atmosphere of 360 or 720 p.p.m. CO₂ for 18 weeks. The experiment included fertilisation with NO₃^– and NH₄⁺ (to a total 3 g N m^?2). 2. Changes in the water table and temperature strongly regulated sediment CH₄ and cCO₂ fluxes (community CO₂ release), but did not affect N₂O emissions. Increase in the water table increased CH₄ emissions but reduced cCO₂ release, while increase in temperature increased emissions of both CO₂ and CH₄. 3. The raised CO₂ increased carbon turnover in the sediments, such that cCO₂ release was increased by 16–26%. However, CH₄ fluxes were not significantly affected by raised CO₂, although CH₄ production potential (at 22 °C) of the sediments incubated at high CO₂ was increased. In the boreal region, littoral CH₄ production is more likely to be limited by temperature than by the availability of carbon. Raised CO₂ did not affect N₂O production by denitrification, indicating that this process was not carbon limited. 4. A low availability of NO₃^– did severely limit N₂O production. The NO₃^– addition caused up to a 100‐fold increase in the fluxes of N₂O. The NH₄⁺ addition did not increase N₂O fluxes, indicating low nitrification capacity in the sediments.     

Molecular mechanisms of water table lowering and nitrogen deposition in affecting greenhouse gas emissions from a Tibetan alpine wetland

Rapid climate change and intensified human activities have resulted in water table lowering (WTL) and enhanced nitrogen (N) deposition in Tibetan alpine wetlands. These changes may alter the magnitude and direction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, affecting the climate impact of these fragile ecosystems. We conducted a mesocosm experiment combined with a metagenomics approach (GeoChip 5.0) to elucidate the effects of WTL (?20 cm relative to control) and N deposition (30 kg N ha^?1 yr^?1) on carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) fluxes as well as the underlying mechanisms. Our results showed that WTL reduced CH₄ emissions by 57.4% averaged over three growing seasons compared with no‐WTL plots, but had no significant effect on net CO₂ uptake or N₂O flux. N deposition increased net CO₂ uptake by 25.2% in comparison with no‐N deposition plots and turned the mesocosms from N₂O sinks to N₂O sources, but had little influence on CH₄ emissions. The interactions between WTL and N deposition were not detected in all GHG emissions. As a result, WTL and N deposition both reduced the global warming potential (GWP) of growing season GHG budgets on a 100‐year time horizon, but via different mechanisms. WTL reduced GWP from 337.3 to ?480.1 g CO₂‐eq m^?2 mostly because of decreased CH₄ emissions, while N deposition reduced GWP from 21.0 to ?163.8 g CO₂‐eq m^?2, mainly owing to increased net CO₂ uptake. GeoChip analysis revealed that decreased CH₄ production potential, rather than increased CH₄ oxidation potential, may lead to the reduction in net CH₄ emissions, and decreased nitrification potential and increased denitrification potential affected N₂O fluxes under WTL conditions. Our study highlights the importance of microbial mechanisms in regulating ecosystem‐scale GHG responses to environmental changes.     

Increased soil release of greenhouse gases shrinks terrestrial carbon uptake enhancement under warming

Warming can accelerate the decomposition of soil organic matter and stimulate the release of soil greenhouse gases (GHGs), but to what extent soil release of methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) may contribute to soil C loss for driving climate change under warming remains unresolved. By synthesizing 1,845 measurements from 164 peer‐reviewed publications, we show that around 1.5°C (1.16–2.01°C) of experimental warming significantly stimulates soil respiration by 12.9%, N₂O emissions by 35.2%, CH₄ emissions by 23.4% from rice paddies, and by 37.5% from natural wetlands. Rising temperature increases CH₄ uptake of upland soils by 13.8%. Warming‐enhanced emission of soil CH₄ and N₂O corresponds to an overall source strength of 1.19, 1.84, and 3.12 Pg CO₂‐equivalent/year under 1°C, 1.5°C, and 2°C warming scenarios, respectively, interacting with soil C loss of 1.60 Pg CO₂/year in terms of contribution to climate change. The warming‐induced rise in soil CH₄ and N₂O emissions (1.84 Pg CO₂‐equivalent/year) could reduce mitigation potential of terrestrial net ecosystem production by 8.3% (NEP, 22.25 Pg CO₂/year) under warming. Soil respiration and CH₄ release are intensified following the mean warming threshold of 1.5°C scenario, as compared to soil CH₄ uptake and N₂O release with a reduced and less positive response, respectively. Soil C loss increases to a larger extent under soil warming than under canopy air warming. Warming‐raised emission of soil GHG increases with the intensity of temperature rise but decreases with the extension of experimental duration. This synthesis takes the lead to quantify the ecosystem C and N cycling in response to warming and advances our capacity to predict terrestrial feedback to climate change under projected warming scenarios.