Grantees

Optimizing the Activity of Atmospheric Methane Oxidizing Bacteria (Atmmob) in Solid-Phase Bioreactors

Assessment of methods to improve the effectiveness of bacteria in bioreactors

Lisa Stein

Rapid Assessment Methods for Catalysis of Atmospheric Methane

Assessment of the efficiency of a wide range of potential methane oxidizing catalysts

Adam Boies

Ab Initio Calculation of Kinetic Isotope Effects (Kie) for Reaction of Ch4 with Oh, Cl, And O(¹d)– Improving the Constraints Needed to Monitor Atmospheric Ch4 Sinks

Research to better constrain the fingerprints of different atmospheric methane sinks

James Farquhar

Satellite QUantification of EnvironmEntal oXidation (SQUEEX)

Assessment of the viability of detecting methane oxidation from satellites

Jos de Laat

Tropospheric Multiphase Reactive Halogen Evolution: CAPRAM-SPARK Model Development and Application to Field Observations

Improving our ability to model reactive atmospheric halogens

Hartmut Herrmann

Chlorine Enhancement by Mineral Dust and its Effect on Methane: A Natural Experiment at the Cape Verde Observatory

Observational study quantifying the effect of mineral dust on methane oxidation

Lucy Carpenter

Constraining the Size Distribution and Chlorine Production of Ferric Chloride Aerosols for Quantitative Atmospheric Methane Removal

Research quantifying the efficiency of ferric chloride aerosols in oxidizing methane

Mingyi Wang

Testing Limitations to Methanotrophy on Tree Stems

Research characterizing the contribution of methanotrophs on tree surfaces to the global methane budget and investigating potential approaches to enhance that sink

Vincent Gauci, James McDonald, and Yin Chen

Methane Loss Rate Sensitivity to Emissions, Climate Change and Variability, and Key Uncertainties

Research assessing the impacts of climate change and changes to anthropogenic emissions on the hydroxyl radical sink

Arlene Fiore

Marker Species and Aerosol Formation from Chlorine-initiated Oxidation in the Remote Atmosphere

Assessment of potential chlorinated-VOC marker species for studying atmospheric oxidation processes

Jesse Kroll

Atmospheric Methane Removal Using Genetically Engineered Plants

Research enabling plants to remove methane from the atmosphere via genetic engineering

Eli Hornstein

Iron Salt Atmospheric Methane Oxidation (ISAMO)

Research on advancing our understanding of existing atmospheric oxidation processes hypothesized to be naturally removing more atmospheric methane than previously studied

Matthew Johnson, Thomas Röckmann, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Natalie Mahowald, Peter Hess, Maarten van Herpen, Berend van de Kraats

CHLOROXEA: Chlorine Oxidation Experiment, Atlantic

Research to advance understanding of the naturally-occurring iron salt aerosol mechanism in the North Atlantic through an aircraft field measurement campaign

John Mak

The Role of Rock Dust Copper in Atmospheric Methane Removal by Soils

Research to characterize the ability of soil amendments to increase methane removal and lower nitrous oxide emissions, and the effect of these amendments on microbial community activity and composition

Jeremy Semrau and Whendee Silver

The Legal Framework for Methane Removal

Research on legal frameworks to facilitate needed methane removal research and any subsequent deployment (if deemed appropriate), while ensuring that it occurs in a safe, responsible, and just manner

Romany Webb

Implementation of a Spatially Revolved Methane Emission Scheme in an Earth System Model (CESM2) with a Possible Application Towards Atmospheric Methane Removal (AMR)

Research on advancing our understanding of spatially resolved methane emissions, removals, and impacts

Yangyang Xu

Research on metric design to support management of both near-term and long-term warming in parallel

Gabrielle Dreyfus