The role of microbial dynamics of methanogens and high affinity methanotrophs in current and future net land methane emissions in the Arctic

Qianlai Zhuang1, Youmi Oh1, Licheng LIU1, Lisa R Welp1, Maggie Lau2, Tullis C Onstott2, David Medvigy3, Lori Bruhwiler4, Edward J Dlugokencky5, Gustaf Hugelius6 and Bo Elberling7, (1)Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (2)Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, (3)University of Notre Dame, Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (4)NOAA, ESRL/GMD, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NOAA/ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm, Sweden, (7)University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark