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Scot M. Miller, A. Michalak, R. Detmers, O. Hasekamp, L. Bruhwiler, S. Schwietzke
Nature Communications, 2019
Nature Communications, 2019
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Miller, S. M., Michalak, A., Detmers, R., Hasekamp, O., Bruhwiler, L., & Schwietzke, S. (2019). China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions. Nature Communications.
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Miller, Scot M., A. Michalak, R. Detmers, O. Hasekamp, L. Bruhwiler, and S. Schwietzke. “China’s Coal Mine Methane Regulations Have Not Curbed Growing Emissions.” Nature Communications (2019).
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Miller, Scot M., et al. “China’s Coal Mine Methane Regulations Have Not Curbed Growing Emissions.” Nature Communications, 2019.
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@article{scot2019a,
title = {China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions},
year = {2019},
journal = {Nature Communications},
author = {Miller, Scot M. and Michalak, A. and Detmers, R. and Hasekamp, O. and Bruhwiler, L. and Schwietzke, S.}
}
Abstract
Anthropogenic methane emissions from China are likely greater than in any other country in the world. The largest fraction of China’s anthropogenic emissions is attributable to coal mining, but these emissions may be changing; China enacted a suite of regulations for coal mine methane (CMM) drainage and utilization that came into full effect in 2010. Here, we use methane observations from the GOSAT satellite to evaluate recent trends in total anthropogenic and natural emissions from Asia with a particular focus on China. We find that emissions from China rose by 1.1 ± 0.4 Tg CH4 yr−1 from 2010 to 2015, culminating in total anthropogenic and natural emissions of 61.5 ± 2.7 Tg CH4 in 2015. The observed trend is consistent with pre-2010 trends and is largely attributable to coal mining. These results indicate that China’s CMM regulations have had no discernible impact on the continued increase in Chinese methane emissions.Chinese government has implemented regulations to reduce mining-related methane emission since 2010. Here the authors estimated methane emissions in China using GOSAT satellite observation and results reveal a business-as-usual increase in methane emissions since 2010 despite those ambitious targets.