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Near-sediment temperature and water-column depth were the primary predictors of seasonal CH4 emissions, reflecting temperature controls on methanogenesis and hydrological regulation of ebullition. In contrast, CO2 flux .......
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![Scott Wankel of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts believes that the ‘exciting’ findings could solve a key mystery: ‘For a long time we’ve known that whatever nitrous oxide was getting out into the atmosphere was made in the upper [ocean] layer, and we thought that was nitrification by ammonia-oxidising bacteria and archaea – but they don’t like light,’ he says. ‘Here all you need is for the upper metre of seawater to have some organic matter in it, and the nitrous oxide will be quickly released to the atmosphere … it really could be driving the entire bus of the oceanic flux of nitrous oxide to the atmosphere, or at least a very large part of it.’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j3jocydwe4cpivirfuw47mhg/bafkreic2dwimpjer575f5snd4mv5bhdrqs2j7vp7hz6ovjhoevt3kd7lqe)
