Rapid shift in greenhouse forcing of emerging arctic peatlands

Abstract In this study, we hypothesised that the actual development stage (i.e., current age of the ecosystem) is a determining factor for the magnitude of methane production and emissions in young, northern high-latitude peatlands. We demonstrate that the earliest development of peat soil imposes a...

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Main Authors: Christensen, T. R. (Torben R.), Scheller, J. (Johan), Scheel, M. (Maria), Rudd, D. A. (Daniel Alexander), Jackowicz-Korczynski, M. (Marcin), Mastepanov, M. (Mikhail), López-Blanco, E. (Efrén)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023
Subjects:
Arctic
Climate change
Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023081094651
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Summary:Abstract In this study, we hypothesised that the actual development stage (i.e., current age of the ecosystem) is a determining factor for the magnitude of methane production and emissions in young, northern high-latitude peatlands. We demonstrate that the earliest development of peat soil imposes a sink-to-source shift in the greenhouse warming potential of emerging peatlands in response to climate change that holds feedback mechanisms of importance for short-term (< 100 years) climate warming.

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