Blanket peat biome endangered by climate change
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In this article, the authors show that there will be a dramatic shrinkage of the available climatic space for blanket bogs with only a few, restricted areas of persistence, which is a highly distinctive biome restricted to regions that experience hyperoceanic climatic conditions.Abstract:
Blanket bog—characterized by an almost complete landscape covering of undecayed organic peat—is a highly distinctive biome restricted to regions that experience hyperoceanic climatic conditions. Bioclimatic modelling suggests there will be a dramatic shrinkage of the available climatic space for blanket bogs with only a few, restricted areas of persistence.read more
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Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change
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Climate-related changes in peatland carbon accumulation during the last millennium
Dan J. Charman,David W. Beilman,Maarten Blaauw,Robert K. Booth,Simon Brewer,Frank M. Chambers,J.A. Christen,Angela V. Gallego-Sala,Angela V. Gallego-Sala,Sandy P. Harrison,Sandy P. Harrison,Paul D.M. Hughes,Stephen T. Jackson,Atte Korhola,Dmitri Mauquoy,Fraser J.G. Mitchell,Iain Colin Prentice,Iain Colin Prentice,M. van der Linden,F. De Vleeschouwer,Zicheng Yu,Jukka Alm,I. E. Bauer,Y. M. C. Corish,Michelle Garneau,V. Hohl,Yongsong Huang,Edgar Karofeld,G. Le Roux,Julie Loisel,Robert Moschen,Jonathan E. Nichols,Tiina M. Nieminen,Glen M. MacDonald,N. R. Phadtare,N. Rausch,Ue Sillasoo,Graeme T. Swindles,E-S. Tuittila,Liisa Ukonmaanaho,Minna Väliranta,S. van Bellen,B. van Geel,Dale H. Vitt,Yujin Zhao +44 more
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.
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Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition.
Susan E. Ward,Nick Ostle,Simon Oakley,Helen Quirk,Peter A. Henrys,Richard D. Bardgett,Richard D. Bardgett +6 more
TL;DR: It is found that although warming consistently increased respiration, the effect on net ecosystem CO2 exchange depended on vegetation composition, and it is suggested that vegetation change could alter peatland carbon sink strength under future climate change.
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Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming
Angela V. Gallego-Sala,Dan J. Charman,Simon Brewer,Susan Page,I. Colin Prentice,Pierre Friedlingstein,Steve Moreton,Matthew J. Amesbury,David W. Beilman,Svante Björck,Tatiana Blyakharchuk,Christopher Bochicchio,Robert K. Booth,Joan Bunbury,Philip Camill,Donna Carless,Rodney A. Chimner,Michael J. Clifford,Elizabeth L. Cressey,Colin J Courtney-Mustaphi,Colin J Courtney-Mustaphi,François De Vleeschouwer,Rixt de Jong,Barbara Fiałkiewicz-Kozieł,Sarah A. Finkelstein,Michelle Garneau,Esther Githumbi,John Hribjlan,James R. Holmquist,Paul D.M. Hughes,Chris D. Jones,Miriam C. Jones,Edgar Karofeld,Eric S. Klein,Ulla Kokfelt,Atte Korhola,Terri Lacourse,Gaël Le Roux,Mariusz Lamentowicz,David Large,Martin Lavoie,Julie Loisel,Helen Mackay,Glen M. MacDonald,Markku Mäkilä,Gabriel Magnan,Rob Marchant,Katarzyna Marcisz,Katarzyna Marcisz,Antonio Martínez Cortizas,Charly Massa,Paul Mathijssen,D. Mauquoy,Tim Mighall,Fraser J.G. Mitchell,Patrick Moss,Jonathan E. Nichols,Pirita Oksanen,Lisa C. Orme,Lisa C. Orme,Maara S. Packalen,Stephen Robinson,Thomas P. Roland,Nicole K. Sanderson,A. Britta K. Sannel,Noemí Silva-Sánchez,Natascha Steinberg,Graeme T. Swindles,T. Edward Turner,T. Edward Turner,Joanna Uglow,Minna Väliranta,Simon van Bellen,Marjolein van der Linden,Bas van Geel,Guoping Wang,Zicheng Yu,Zicheng Yu,Joana Zaragoza-Castells,Yan Zhao +79 more
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.
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Introducing global peat-specific temperature and pH calibrations based on brGDGT bacterial lipids
Bernhard David A Naafs,Gordon N. Inglis,Yanhong Zheng,Matthew J. Amesbury,Harald Biester,Richard Bindler,Jerome Blewett,M. A. Burrows,Dennis Del Castillo Torres,Frank M. Chambers,A. D. Cohen,Richard P. Evershed,Sarah J. Feakins,Mariusz Gałka,Angela V. Gallego-Sala,Laure Gandois,D. M. Gray,Patrick G. Hatcher,E.N. Honorio Coronado,Paul D.M. Hughes,Arnaud Huguet,Mari Könönen,Fatima Laggoun-Défarge,Outi Lähteenoja,Mariusz Lamentowicz,Rob Marchant,Erin L McClymont,Xabier Pontevedra-Pombal,Camilo Ponton,Ali Pourmand,A. M. Rizzuti,Line Rochefort,Judith Schellekens,F. De Vleeschouwer,Richard D. Pancost +34 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the distribution of brGDGTs in 470 samples from 96 peatlands around the world with a broad mean annual air temperature (−8 to 27 °C) and pH (3-8) range and present the first peat-specific brGGT-based temperature and pH calibrations.
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