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Merritt R. Turetsky
Researcher at Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Publications - 189
Citations - 19535
Merritt R. Turetsky is an academic researcher from Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Permafrost & Peat. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 172 publications receiving 15150 citations. Previous affiliations of Merritt R. Turetsky include United States Geological Survey & University of Colorado Denver.
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Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
Edward A. G. Schuur,A. D. McGuire,Christina Schädel,Christina Schädel,Guido Grosse,Jennifer W. Harden,Daniel J. Hayes,Gustaf Hugelius,Charles D. Koven,Peter Kuhry,David M. Lawrence,Susan M. Natali,David Olefeldt,Vladimir E. Romanovsky,Kevin Schaefer,Merritt R. Turetsky,Claire C. Treat,Jorien E. Vonk +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors find that current evidence suggests a gradual and prolonged release of greenhouse gas emissions in a warming climate and present a research strategy with which to target poorly understood aspects of permafrost carbon dynamics.
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Recent changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region—Spatial and temporal patterns of burning across Canada and Alaska
TL;DR: Recently, Kasischke et al. as mentioned in this paper studied changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region (NABR) and found that the proportion of total burned area from human-ignited fires decreased over this same time period.
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Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest
TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest a doubling of area burned along with a 50% increase in fire occurrence in parts of the circumboreal forest by the end of this century.
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Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss
Merritt R. Turetsky,Brian W. Benscoter,Susan Page,Guillermo Rein,Guido R. van der Werf,Adam C. Watts +5 more
TL;DR: The amount of carbon stored in peats exceeds that stored in vegetation and is similar in size to the current atmospheric carbon pool as mentioned in this paper, which is a threat to many peat-rich biomes and has the potential to disturb these carbon stocks.
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The Role of Bryophytes in Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on how bryophytes fix, intercept, transform, and/or release carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles within and fluxes from ecosystems.