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 …

Committed and projected future changes in global peatlands–continued transient model simulations since the Last Glacial Maximum

J Müller, F Joos - Biogeosciences, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Peatlands are diverse wetland ecosystems distributed mostly over the northern latitudes and
tropics. Globally they store a large portion of the global soil organic carbon and provide …

Transient simulations of the carbon and nitrogen dynamics in northern peatlands: From the Last Glacial Maximum to the 21st century

R Spahni, F Joos, BD Stocker, M Steinacher… - Climate of the …, 2013 - cp.copernicus.org
The development of northern high-latitude peatlands played an important role in the carbon
(C) balance of the land biosphere since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). At present, carbon …

What have we learnt from palaeoclimate simulations?

SP Harrison, PJ Bartlein… - Journal of Quaternary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a gradual evolution in the way that palaeoclimate modelling and
palaeoenvironmental data are used together to understand how the Earth System works …

Long-term and recent ecohydrological dynamics of patterned peatlands in north-central Quebec (Canada)

M Robitaille, M Garneau, S van Bellen… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Peatlands are natural ecosystems that provide archives of the hydrological cycle, ecological
processes and terrestrial carbon dynamics. In the north-central region of Quebec (eastern …

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 …

Linkages between Sphagnum metabolites and peatland CO2 uptake are sensitive to seasonality in warming trends

A Sytiuk, S Hamard, R Céréghino, E Dorrepaal… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plants produce a wide diversity of metabolites. Yet, our understanding of how shifts in plant
metabolites as a response to climate change feedback on ecosystem processes remains …

Carbon accumulation in peatlands along a boreal to subarctic transect in eastern Canada

G Primeau, M Garneau - The Holocene, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we investigated the links between peat carbon accumulation and past
ecological and hydrological conditions in three peatlands (Bouleau, Mista, Auassat) which …

Evaluating approaches for estimating peat depth

LE Parry, LJ West, J Holden… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of peat depth are required to inform understanding of peatland development,
functioning, and ecosystem services such as carbon storage. However, there is a …

Peatland development, vegetation history, climate change and human activity in the Valdai uplands (Central European Russia) during the Holocene: a multi-proxy …

YA Mazei, AN Tsyganov, MV Bobrovsky, NG Mazei… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peatlands are remarkable for their specific biodiversity, crucial role in carbon cycling and
climate change. Their deposits preserve organism remains that can be used to reconstruct …