Jonathan E. Nichols

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: 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.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate that ratios of the abundances of n-alkanes provide a new and efficient way of reconstructing past peatland surface moisture change, and find strong correlations among nalkane indices, humification indices and testate amoebae-inferred water table depths from a single core.

TL;DR: The Neotoma Paleoecology Database as mentioned in this paper is a community-curated data resource that supports interdisciplinary global change research by enabling broad-scale studies of taxon and community diversity, distr...

TL;DR: This article examined the global relationship between peatland carbon accumulation rates during the last millennium and planetary-scale climate space and found a positive relationship between carbon accumulation and cumulative photosynthetically active radiation during the growing season for mid-to high-latitude peatlands in both hemispheres.