Enhanced atmospheric oxidation toward carbon neutrality reduces methane’s climate forcing

Abstract The hydroxyl radical (OH), as the central atmospheric oxidant, controls the removal rates of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. It is being suggested that OH levels would decrease with reductions of nitrogen oxides and ozone levels by climate polices, but this remains unsettled. Here, we s...

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Main Authors: Mingxu Liu, Yu Song, Hitoshi Matsui, Fang Shang, Ling Kang, Xuhui Cai, Hongsheng Zhang, Tong Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47436-9