David W. Beilman

TL;DR: This article presented a new data synthesis of global peatland ages, area changes, and carbon pool changes since the Last Glacial Maximum, along with a new map and total C pool estimates.

TL;DR: Interpolar methane gradient (IPG) data from ice cores suggest the “switching on” of a major Northern Hemisphere methane source in the early Holocene, and Russia's West Siberian Lowland represents a long-term carbon dioxide sink and global methane source since theEarly Holocene.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results from the most comprehensive compilation of Holocene peat soil properties with associated carbon and nitrogen accumulation rates for northern peatlands, which consists of 268 peat cores from 215 sites located north of 45°N.

TL;DR: An analysis of 1516 radiocarbon dates demonstrates that the development of the current circumarctic peatlands began ∼16.5 thousand years ago and expanded explosively between 12 and 8 ka in concert with high summer insolation and increasing temperatures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a new extensive database of peat profiles across northern high latitudes to examine spatial and temporal patterns of carbon accumulation over the past millennium and found that the carbon accumulation rate in northern peatlands is linearly related to contemporary growing season length and photosynthetically active radiation, suggesting that variability in net primary productivity is more important than decomposition in determining longterm carbon accumulation.