Methane (CH 4 ) is a potent greenhouse gas, and tropical forests account for roughly one–third of global atmospheric CH 4 uptake by soils. Projected warming and more frequent hurricanes in these ecosystems may alter soil CH 4 sink strength, as warmer and wetter soils enhance methanogenesis activity. We measured soil CH 4 and CO 2 efflux during the calendar summer months of 2023 and 2024 alongside continuous records of soil moisture, soil and air temperature, and precipitation in an in–situ warmi
Lowland tropical forests remain a methane sink under warming and long-term hurricane disturbance recovery
Larocca Conte, Gabriele; Zuvela, Lucia; Cruz-Perez, Rachel; Barreto-Vélez, Tatiana; Becerra-Santillan, Nibia; Campbell, Sophia; Chu, Hieu; Dam, Trung; Grullón-Penkova, Iana; Kleit, Miriam; Ortiz-Iglesias, Deyaneira; Rubio-Lebrón, Laura; Cavaleri, Molly; Reed, Sasha C.; Sihi, Debjani; Wood, Tana; O'Connell, Christine