ESM2025 Research Highlight - Exploring methane emissions and mitigation strategies through Earth System Models
Creators: name: Rocha, Mariana
name: O'Connor, Fiona
name: Folberth, Gerd
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Atmospheric methane, Earth system models

description: A research highlight about the new generation of fully-coupled methane emission-driven Earth system models.
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