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dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, SL
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, R
dc.contributor.authorMoore, PA
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, SJ
dc.contributor.authorGranath, G
dc.contributor.authorWaddington, JM
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-24T13:54:59Z
dc.date.available2023-04-24T13:54:59Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-20
dc.identifier.issn1758-678X
dc.identifier.issn1758-6798
dc.identifier.urihttps://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/20755
dc.description.abstract

The northern peatland carbon sink plays a vital role in climate regulation; however, the future of the carbon sink is uncertain, in part, due to the changing interactions of peatlands and wildfire. Here, we use empirical datasets from natural, degraded and restored peatlands in non-permafrost boreal and temperate regions to model net ecosystem exchange and methane fluxes, integrating peatland degradation status, wildfire combustion and post-fire dynamics. We find that wildfire processes reduced carbon uptake in pristine peatlands by 35% and further enhanced emissions from degraded peatlands by 10%. The current small net sink is vulnerable to the interactions of peatland degraded area, burn rate and peat burn severity. Climate change impacts accelerated carbon losses, where increased burn severity and burn rate reduced the carbon sink by 38% and 65%, respectively, by 2100. However, our study demonstrates the potential for active peatland restoration to buffer these impacts.

dc.format.extent456-461
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.subject30 Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
dc.subject31 Biological Sciences
dc.subject41 Environmental Sciences
dc.subject3007 Forestry Sciences
dc.subject13 Climate Action
dc.subject15 Life on Land
dc.titleWildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
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plymouth.issue5
plymouth.volume13
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01657-w
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalNature Climate Change
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41558-023-01657-w
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering|School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
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plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|REF 2021 Researchers by UoA|UoA14 Geography and Environmental Studies
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-03-17
dc.date.updated2023-04-24T13:54:42Z
dc.rights.embargodate2023-10-20
dc.identifier.eissn1758-6798
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1038/s41558-023-01657-w


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