Increases of population and expansion of rice agriculture in Asia, and anthropogenic methane emissions since 5000 BP

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dc.contributor.authorLi, XQen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhou, XYen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-08T03:46:59Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:02:12Zen_AU
dc.date.available2009-10-08T03:46:59Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:02:12Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2009-06-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2009-06-01en_AU
dc.description.abstractCO2 and CH4 composition of the atmosphere increased rapidly following the industrial revolution. Recently Ruddiman has suggested that increases in the anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric greenhouse gases had actually begun thousands of years earlier. Research on climates indicates that a cooling and drying trend developed from about 5000 BP across the Asian monsoonal region. Archaeological and biological data reveal that from about the same time there was an important transition point corresponding to the rapid growth of population and expansion of cultivated rice areas. Extensive deforestation also occurred from this time. The expansion of rice agriculture and extended wetland areas provided more sources of methane emissions, and thus contributed to greenhouse gas budgets. The climate impacts of increased anthropogenic methane emissions were possibly counterbalanced in part by any natural decrease from orbital forcing. The methane contribution from rice paddy areas is estimated to be smaller than 250 ppb for the middle-late Neolithic. The 1000-ppb methane rise after industrial era coincides closely with the rapid growth of global human populations, and anthropogenic driven sources. © 2008, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationLi, X. Q., Dodson, J., Zhou, J., & Zhou, X. Y. (2009). Increases of population and expansion of rice agriculture in Asia, and anthropogenic methane emissions since 5000 BP. Quaternary International, 202, 41-50. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2008.02.009en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1134en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1040-6182en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleQuaternary Internationalen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination41-50en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2008.02.009en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/1976en_AU
dc.identifier.volume202en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectRiceen_AU
dc.subjectAgricultureen_AU
dc.subjectGreenhouse gasesen_AU
dc.subjectHuman populationsen_AU
dc.subjectAsiaen_AU
dc.subjectClimatic changeen_AU
dc.titleIncreases of population and expansion of rice agriculture in Asia, and anthropogenic methane emissions since 5000 BPen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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