Alaska Peatland Map (2019-2021)

• Main Authors: Mark J. Lara, Roger Michaelides, Duncan Anderson, Wenqu Chen, Emma Hall, Caroline Ludden, Aiden Schore, Umakant Mishra, Sarah Scott
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2023
• Subjects: peatlands; organic soil; soil horizon; alaska; carbon; fire; histosols; Arctic; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2NK3667M

Peatlands cover 3% of the global land surface, yet store 25% of the world’s soil organic carbon. These organic-rich soils are widespread across permafrost regions, representing nearly 18% of land surface and storing between 500 and 600 petagrams of carbon (PgC). Peat (i.e., partially decomposed thic...