简介：NexttoCO2,methane(CH4)isthesecondimportantcontributortoglobalwarmingintheatmosphereandglobalatmosphericCH4budgetdependsonbothCH4sourcesandsinks.UnsaturatedsoilisknownasauniquesinkforatmosphericCH4interrestrialecosystem.ManycomparisonstudiesprovedthatforestsoilhadthebiggestcapacityofoxidizingatmosphericCH4invariousunsaturatedsoils.However,uptonow,thereisnotanoverallreviewintheaspectofatmosphericCH4oxidation(consumption)inforestsoil.ThispaperanalyzedadvancesofstudiesonthemechanismofatmosphericCH4oxidation,andrelatednaturalfactors(Soilphysicalandchemicalcharacters,temperatureandmoisture,ambientmaingreenhousegasesconcentrations,treespecies,andforestfire)andanthropogenicfactors(forestclear-cuttingandthinning,fertilization,exogenousaluminumsaltsandatmosphericdeposition,addingbiocides,andswitchofforestlanduse)inforestsoils.ItwasbelievedthatCH4consumptionratebyforestsoilwaslimitedbydiffusionandsensitivetochangesinwaterstatusandtemperatureofsoil.CH4oxidationwasalsoparticularlysensitivetosoilC/N,AmbientCO2,CH4andN2Oconcentrations,treespeciesandforestfire.Inmostcases,anthropogenicdisturbanceswilldecreaseatmosphericCH4oxidation,thusresultingintheelevatingofatmosphericCH4.Finally,theauthorpointedoutthatourknowledgeofatmosphericCH4oxidation(consumption)inforestsoilwasinsufficient.InordertoevaluatethecontributionofforestsoilstoatmosphericCH4oxidationandtheroleofforestplayedintheprocessofglobalenvironmentalchange,andtoforecastthetrendsofglobalwarmingexactly,moreresearchersneedtostudiesfurtheronCH4oxidationinvariousforestsoilsofdifferentareas.