MethaneNet

甲烷网

• 批准号: NE/H001964/1
• 负责人: Vincent Gauci
• 金额: $ 31.24万
• 依托单位: The Open University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FH001964%2F1
• 关键词: MethaneNet

Methane (CH4) accounts for approximately 20% of current anthropogenically-enhanced radiative forcing. Its atmospheric concentration has more than doubled over the past 200 years and between the 1970s and early 1990s atmospheric concentrations had been increasing at a steady rate of 10 to 15 ppbv per year. After slowing down to a halt in the late1990s and early 2000s there has been a surprise increase in atmospheric concentrations. The reasons behind this change are unknown. As well as climate and environmental change, Key drivers for methane research include energy and resource management, understanding tropospheric chemistry, and natural and anthropogenic hazards. This subject involves a wide range of stakeholders including the research community, energy industry, policy-makers and regulators, all of which are represented in the UK, but are not effectively integrated. The Methane Network (MethaneNet) will facilitate communication between these groups, broaden links, and establish a prioritised research agenda to include the UK & international community. This will be done through a series of high profile meetings including a 2-day Royal Society Discussion meeting and the initiation of a series of biennial International Methane Conferences. These broad general meetings will be supplemented with more targeted problem oriented workshops. The spine of MethaneNet will be an interactive website that harnesses the power of social networking to allow the community to gel. Two specialist journal volumes are planned and novel outputs include use of the website to disseminate videos of talks, short news items and blogs of researchers engaged in field research. MethaneNet will be managed by a core-management team that draws on a range of expertise in both Universities and NERC centre/surveys. The team is fully embedded in the UK and international methane community and covers all relevant areas through 5 work packages.

甲烷（CH4）约占当前人为增强辐射强迫的20％。在过去的200年中，它的大气浓度增加了一倍以上，在1970年代和1990年代初期，大气浓度的稳定速度每年增加10至15 ppbv。在1990年代末和2000年代初放慢脚步后，大气浓度令人惊讶。这种变化背后的原因是未知的。除气候和环境变化外，甲烷研究的主要驱动因素包括能源和资源管理，了解对流层化学以及自然和人为危害。该主题涉及各种各样的利益相关者，包括研究界，能源行业，政策制定者和监管机构，所有这些都在英国代表，但并未有效整合。甲烷网络（甲烷）将促进这些群体之间的沟通，扩大联系，并建立优先的研究议程，包括英国和国际社会。这将通过一系列知名会议来完成，包括为期2天的皇家社会讨论会议以及一系列两年一次的国际甲烷会议的启动。这些广泛的股东大会将补充有针对性的问题的讲习班。甲壳虫的脊柱将是一个互动网站，可利用社交网络的力量，使社区凝胶。计划了两份专业期刊卷，新颖的输出包括使用网站来传播谈话，简短的新闻项目和从事现场研究的研究人员的博客。 Methanenet将由一个核心管理团队管理，该团队将借鉴大学和NERC中心/调查的一系列专业知识。该团队完全嵌入英国和国际甲烷社区，并通过5个工作套餐覆盖所有相关领域。

项目成果

Gas hydrates: past and future geohazard?

• DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0065
• 发表时间: 2010-05-28
• 期刊: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: Maslin, Mark;Owen, Matthew;Ridgwell, Andrew
• 通讯作者: Ridgwell, Andrew