{"663774":{"#nid":"663774","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Whole Ecosystem Warming Stimulates Methane Production from Plant Metabolites in Peatlands","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists working at the ongoing\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\u0022\u003E Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s (DOE)\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mnspruce.ornl.gov\u0022\u003ESpruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE)\u003C\/a\u003E experiment use the site\u0026rsquo;s northern Minnesota bog as a laboratory. SPRUCE allowed scientists to warm the air and soil by zero to 9 degrees C above ambient temperatures to depths more than 2m below ground. This warming simulates the effects of climate change on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/doe-explainsthe-carbon-cycle\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecarbon cycle\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the whole ecosystem scale over the long term. The research found that the production of the potent greenhouse gas methane increased at a faster rate than carbon dioxide in response to warming. The results indicate that carbon dioxide release and methane production are stimulated by plants\u0026lsquo; release of metabolites, chemicals that plants create for protection and other functions. The scientists\u0026nbsp;included a team from Georgia Tech led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka,\u003C\/a\u003E professor and associate chair of research for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, with an adjunct appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-12-09 14:47:15","changed_gmt":"2022-12-09 14:47:15","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/ber\/articles\/whole-ecosystem-warming-stimulates-methane-production-plant-metabolites","dateline":{"date":"2022-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"20131","name":"Joel Kostka"},{"id":"12800","name":"methane"},{"id":"182970","name":"peat moss"},{"id":"172959","name":"SPRUCE"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"191734","name":"cardio dioxide"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}