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Climate and Peatlands

, 2010
Peatlands are an important natural archive for past climatic changes, primarily due to their sensitivity to changes in the water balance and the dating possibilities of peat sediments. In addition, peatlands are an important sink as well as potential source of greenhouse gases.
De Jong, Rixt, Blaauw, Maarten, Chambers, Frank M., Christensen, Torben R., De Vleeschouwer, François, Finsinger, Walter, Fronzek, Stefan, Johansson, Margareta, Kokfelt, Ulla, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Le Roux, Gaël, Mauquoy, Dmitri, Mitchell, Edward A.D., Nichols, Jonathan E., Samaritani, Emanuela, Geel, Bas   +15 more
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Estimating Soil Compaction Risk at Regional Scales Using Meteorological Data and Soil Spectroscopy

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil compaction is a significant form of soil degradation in Europe, reducing agricultural productivity, limiting carbon sequestration and increasing greenhouse gases emissions. In response, the forthcoming European Union Soil Monitoring and Resilience Law requires spatial assessment of topsoil and subsoil compaction risk at district, that is,
Felipe Bachion de Santana, Rebecca. L. Hall, Longnan Shi, Owen Fenton, Victoria Lowe, Giulia Bondi, Lilian O'Sullivan, Karen Daly   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are peatland farming systems sustainable? Case study on assessing existing farming systems in the peatland of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 2018
Economically, peatland plays an important role since they can be reclaimed for agriculture. Shallow peat (
Arif Surahman, Peeyush Soni, Ganesh P. Shivakoti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Peatlands Under Land‐Use Change

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing nitrogen (N) deposition significantly alters carbon and N dynamics in peatlands by affecting microbial processes, enhancing greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching into adjacent waters. However, how peatland conversion for agriculture and forestry influences the fate of added N under elevated atmospheric deposition remains ...
Yujing Deng, Kyle S. Boodoo, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Stephan Glatzel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Qinghai–tibetan plateau peatland sustainable utilization under anthropogenic disturbances and climate change

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2017
Often referred to as the “Third Pole,” China's Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau developed large amounts of peatland owing to its unique alpine environment. As a renewable resource, peat helps to regulate the climate as well as performing other important functions.
Gang Yang, Changhui Peng, Huai Chen, Faqin Dong, Ning Wu, Yanzheng Yang, Yao Zhang, Dan Zhu, Yixin He, Shengwei Shi, Xiaoyang Zeng, Tingting Xi, Qingxiang Meng, Qiuan Zhu   +13 more
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Evaluating the sustainability of mineral water consumption using multi‐scale hydrogeophysics in Caxambu, Brazil

Near Surface Geophysics, EarlyView.
Abstract A better understanding of the near‐surface aquifer system of the Caxambu Water Park, located in the Minas Gerais State, Brazil, has been achieved. The study aimed to identify groundwater reservoirs and flow patterns and contribute to the hydrogeological conceptual model using a multi‐scale geophysical approach.
Emanuele F. La Terra, Miguel Tupinambá, Liliane P. Panetto, José Antonio N. Pereira, Tainã P. Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Pedrosa‐Soares   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drainage canal impacts on smoke aerosol emissions for Indonesian peatland and non-peatland fires

Environmental Research Letters, 2021
Indonesia has experienced frequent fires due to the lowering of groundwater levels caused by drainage via extensive canal networks for agricultural development since the 1970s.
Xiaoman Lu, Xiaoyang Zhang, Fangjun Li, Lun Gao, Laura Graham, Yenni Vetrita, Bambang H Saharjo, Mark A Cochrane   +7 more
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Community dynamics of lignicolous lichens on standing deadwood in a 275‐year chronosequence

Oikos, EarlyView.
Dead trees provide discrete habitat patches in which patch quality changes gradually due to wood decomposition. Although in most cases these patches persist for not more than a few decades, in some ecosystems deadwood decomposition and the consequent change in habitat patch quality can be a centuries‐long process, potentially leading to dynamics of ...
Aleksi Nirhamo, Pemelyn Santos, Mariina Günther, Jari Kouki, Tuomas Aakala   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restoration of blanket peatlands [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Management, 2014
There is concern that ecosystem services provided by blanket peatlands have come under threat due to increasing degradation. Blanket peatlands are subject to a wide range of drivers of degradation and are topographically variable. As a result, many degradation forms can develop, including those resulting from eroding artificial drainage, incising ...
Parry, Lauren E., Holden, Joseph, Chapman, Pippa J.   +2 more
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The missing woodland story: Implications of 1700 years of stand‐scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐term perspectives—equivalent to the lifespans of long‐lived trees—are required to fully inform perceptions of ‘naturalness’ used in woodland conservation and management. Stand‐scale dynamics of an old growth temperate woodland are reconstructed using palaeoecological data.
Annabel Everard, J. Edward Schofield, Tim Mighall, Scott Timpany, Gill Plunkett   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source