Controls on Soil Organic Matter Degradation and Subsequent Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across a Permafrost Thaw Gradient in Northern Sweden

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Roya AminiTabrizi, Rachel M. Wilson, Jane D. Fudyma, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Heino M. Heyman, Virginia I. Rich, Scott R. Saleska, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Malak M. Tfaily
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: permafrost; peatlands; soil organic matter; fen; bog; mass spectrometry; Science; Q; Stordalen; Northern Sweden; Peat; Peat plateau
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.557961; https://doaj.org/article/1c708988bae94f4cb8bd5a2ad66d3e18

Warming-induced permafrost thaw could enhance microbial decomposition of previously stored soil organic matter (SOM) to carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), one of the most significant potential feedbacks from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere in a changing climate. The environmental param...