Including microbial dynamics is essential for modelling Arctic methane emissions


Sarah Chadburn1, Yuanchao Fan2, Tuula Aalto3, Mika Aurela3, Annett Bartsch4, Julia Boike5, Eleanor J Burke6, Casper Christiansen7, Edward Comyn-Platt8, A Johannes Dolman9, Thomas Friborg10, Nicola Gedney11, David Holl12, Garry Hayman13, Gustaf Hugelius14, Ko J van Huissteden15, Mathilde Jammet16, Lars Kutzbach12, Hanna Lee17, Annalea Lohila3, Maija E Marushchak18, Frans-Jan W Parmentier19, Andreas Richter20, Torsten Sachs21 and Narasinha J Shurpali22, (1)University of Exeter, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, Exeter, United Kingdom, (2)Harvard University, Center for the Environment, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (4)Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Vienna, Austria, (5)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany, (6)Met Office Hadley Centre, Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Team, Exeter, United Kingdom, (7)Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway, (8)Center for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom, (9)Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Den Burg, Netherlands, (10)University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, København K, Denmark, (11)Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom, (12)Universität Hamburg, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Institute of Soil Science, Hamburg, Germany, (13)Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom, (14)Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm, Sweden, (15)Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081, Netherlands, (16)University of Copenhagen, Center for Permafrost, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Copenhagen, Denmark, (17)Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway, (18)University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, (19)Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, (20)University of Vienna, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Vienna, Austria, (21)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (22)Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland