Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink
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Loisel J, Gallego-Sala AV, Amesbury MJ, Magnan G, Anshari G, Beilman DW, Benavides JC, Blewett J, Camill P, Charman DJ, Chawchai S, Hedgpeth A, Kleinen T, Korhola A, Large D, Mansilla CA, Müller J, van Bellen S, West JB, Yu Z, Bubier JL, Garneau M, Moore T, Sannel ABK, Page S, Väliranta M, Bechtold M, Brovkin V, Cole LES, Chanton JP, Christensen TR, Davies MA, De Vleeschouwer F, Finkelstein SA, Frolking S, Gałka M, Gandois L, Girkin N, Harris LI, Heinemeyer A, Hoyt AM, Jones MC, Joos F, Juutinen S, Kaiser K, Lacourse T, Lamentowicz M, Larmola T, Leifeld J, Lohila A, Milner AM, Minkkinen K, Moss P, Naafs BDA, Nichols J, O’Donnell J, Payne R, Philben M, Piilo S, Quillet A, Ratnayake AS, Roland TP, Sjögersten S, Sonnentag O, Swindles GT, Swinnen W, Talbot J, Treat C, Valach AC & Wu J
Nature Climate Change, vol. 11, 70–77, 2020https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00944-0
This paper is a product of the PAGES Carbon in Peat on EArth through Time (C-PEAT) working group.
Accompanying information
> Access the Carbon Brief guest post "How human activity threatens the world’s carbon-rich peatlands" by Angela Gallego-Sala and Julie Loisel, published 7 December 2020
> Access The Conversation article "Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth’s atmosphere, but that could end with warming and development" by Julie Loisel, published 21 December 2020