The long-term fate of permafrost peatlands under rapid climate warming

GT Swindles, PJ Morris, D Mullan, EJ Watson… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Permafrost peatlands contain globally important amounts of soil organic carbon, owing to
cold conditions which suppress anaerobic decomposition. However, climate warming and …

Divergent responses of permafrost peatlands to recent climate change

TG Sim, GT Swindles, PJ Morris, AJ Baird… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Permafrost peatlands are found in high-latitude regions and store globally-important
amounts of soil organic carbon. These regions are warming at over twice the global average …

Long‐term impacts of permafrost thaw on carbon storage in peatlands: Deep losses offset by surficial accumulation

L Heffernan, C Estop‐Aragonés… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands in northern permafrost regions store a significant proportion of global soil carbon.
Recent warming is accelerating peatland permafrost thaw and thermokarst collapse …

The role of climate change in regulating Arctic permafrost peatland hydrological and vegetation change over the last millennium

H Zhang, SR Piilo, MJ Amesbury, DJ Charman… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate warming has inevitable impacts on the vegetation and hydrological dynamics of
high-latitude permafrost peatlands. These impacts in turn determine the role of these …

Permafrost thaw in northern peatlands: rapid changes in ecosystem and landscape functions

D Olefeldt, L Heffernan, MC Jones, ABK Sannel… - Ecosystem collapse and …, 2021 - Springer
Peatlands within the northern permafrost region cover approximately 2 million km2 and are
characterized by organic soils that can be several meters thick, and a fine-scale mosaic of …

Near-surface permafrost aggradation in Northern Hemisphere peatlands shows regional and global trends during the past 6000 years

CC Treat, MC Jones - The Holocene, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The history of permafrost aggradation and thaw in northern peatlands can serve as an
indicator of regional climatic history in regions where records are sparse. We infer regional …

Consistent centennial‐scale change in European sub‐Arctic peatland vegetation toward Sphagnum dominance—Implications for carbon sink capacity

SR Piilo, MM Väliranta, MJ Amesbury… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is leading to permafrost thaw in northern peatlands, and current
predictions suggest that thawing will drive greater surface wetness and an increase in …

Influence of Holocene permafrost aggradation and thaw on the paleoecology and carbon storage of a peatland complex in northwestern Canada

N Pelletier, J Talbot, D Olefeldt, M Turetsky… - The …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Permafrost in peatlands strongly influences ecosystem characteristics, including vegetation
composition, hydrological functions, and carbon cycling. Large amounts of organic carbon …

The disappearance of relict permafrost in boreal north America: Effects on peatland carbon storage and fluxes

MR Turetsky, RK Wieder, DH Vitt… - Global Change …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Boreal peatlands in Canada have harbored relict permafrost since the Little Ice Age due to
the strong insulating properties of peat. Ongoing climate change has triggered widespread …

Predicted vulnerability of carbon in permafrost peatlands with future climate change and permafrost thaw in Western Canada

CC Treat, MC Jones, J Alder… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming in high‐latitude regions is thawing carbon‐rich permafrost soils, which can
release carbon to the atmosphere and enhance climate warming. Using a coupled model of …