Greenhouse gas balance of solar parks built on peatlands in Germany [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDrained peatlands are responsible for around 4% of anthropogenic GHG-emissions. To trigger the necessary large-scale rewetting, solar parks built on rewetted peatlands in Germany have been eligible for a feed-in tariff since 2023.
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Current state, pressures and protection of South African peatlands [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2021 Temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere make a small contribution to the global carbon sequestration of peatlands which, in these drier regions, are relatively rare and vulnerable to increasing anthropogenic and climate change pressures. Using South
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Fertilization in agricultural peatlands accelerates nutrient cycling and creates a potential risk to nearby natural peatlands. Here, using undisturbed peatlands as reference, we studied soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and the key enzymes ...
Lei Qin +6 more
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Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrogen Accumulation in Peatlands
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Peatlands cover about 3% of the Earth’s surface and are regarded as a vital carbon (C) pool and sink. The formation of peatland is supported by continuously supplied nitrogen (N) but the sources of this N remain unclear.
Tianya Yin +3 more
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Questioning ten common assumptions about peatlands [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2017 Peatlands have been widely studied in terms of their ecohydrology, carbon dynamics, ecosystem services and palaeoenvironmental archives. However, several assumptions are frequently made about peatlands in the academic literature, practitioner reports and
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Physical and hydrological properties of peat as proxies for degradation of South African peatlands: Implications for conservation and restoration [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2018 The physical and hydrological properties of peat from seven peatlands in northern Maputaland (South Africa) were investigated and related to the degradation processes of peatlands in different hydrogeomorphic settings.
M. Gabriel +7 more
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Mapping of peatlands in the forested landscape of Sweden using lidar-based terrain indices [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2023 Globally, northern peatlands are major carbon deposits with important implications for the climate system. It is therefore crucial to understand their spatial occurrence, especially in the context of peatland degradation by land cover change and climate ...
L. Rimondini +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 The high-elevation peatlands of the páramos of the northern Andes constitute a diverse environment that harbors large numbers of species and several types of plant communities along altitudinal, latitudinal, and environmental gradients.
Esteban Suárez +11 more
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Water quality assessment in peatlands from north-western Romania: Iaz and La Poduri case studies [PDF]
Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2023 Present study is focusing on a few peatlands located in north-western part of Romania, as part of a larger project oriented to implement a series of restauration works in degraded peatlands. Water scarcity have transformed some of these peatlands and the
Gheorghe ȘERBAN +4 more
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Genesis and abiotic characteristics of three high-altitude peatlands in the Tien Shan Mountains (Kyrgyzstan), with focus on silty peatland substrates [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2016 Peatlands are scarce and threatened ecosystems in the semiarid region of Kyrgyzstan. Knowledge about the Kyrgyz peatlands is still poor and, especially, their genesis has hardly been investigated so far.
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