Wetlands are home to microorganisms that produce and emit methane. Very small wetlands, tucked into unexpected places, might be making a larger contribution to the global methane budget than previously thought.
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Yavitt, J. Cryptic wetlands. Nature Geosci 3, 749–750 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo999
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