Chuck Darwin<p>Measurements from stations around the world show that <a href="https://c.im/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> levels have increased significantly since the early 2000s.</p><p>According to the report, the main reason is that more methane has been released from wetland areas such as <a href="https://c.im/tags/bogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bogs</span></a>, shallow <a href="https://c.im/tags/wells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wells</span></a> , <a href="https://c.im/tags/ponds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ponds</span></a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/lakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lakes</span></a> in tropical regions. </p><p>And as it gets warmer, more is released.</p><p>“The temperature change leads to increased microbiological activity,” researcher Stephen Matthew Platt says. He is one of the researchers behind the new study.</p><p>Processes like <a href="https://c.im/tags/decomposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decomposition</span></a> in wetlands happen faster when it gets warmer.</p><p>Another reason for the increase in methane emissions is that <a href="https://c.im/tags/permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permafrost</span></a> has begun to <a href="https://c.im/tags/thaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thaw</span></a> in the north.</p><p>“When the permafrost thaws, it also leads to more water on the surface, and this development is underway,” explains Platt.</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencenorway.no/climate-permafrost-physics/why-is-there-so-much-methane-in-the-atmosphere-right-now/2328016" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenorway.no/climate-perma</span><span class="invisible">frost-physics/why-is-there-so-much-methane-in-the-atmosphere-right-now/2328016</span></a></p>