Recent climate change has driven divergent hydrological shifts in high-latitude peatlands

H Zhang, M Väliranta, GT Swindles… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High-latitude peatlands are changing rapidly in response to climate change, including
permafrost thaw. Here, we reconstruct hydrological conditions since the seventeenth century …

Arctic hydroclimate variability during the last 2000 years: current understanding and research challenges

HW Linderholm, M Nicolle, P Francus… - Climate of the …, 2018 - cp.copernicus.org
Reanalysis data show an increasing trend in Arctic precipitation over the 20th century, but
changes are not homogenous across seasons or space. The observed hydroclimate …

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 …

Widespread recent ecosystem state shifts in high‐latitude peatlands of northeastern Canada and implications for carbon sequestration

G Magnan, NK Sanderson, S Piilo, S Pratte… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Northern peatlands are a major component of the global carbon (C) cycle. Widespread
climate‐driven ecohydrological changes in these ecosystems can have major …

Decreased carbon accumulation feedback driven by climate‐induced drying of two southern boreal bogs over recent centuries

H Zhang, M Väliranta, S Piilo… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Northern boreal peatlands are important ecosystems in modulating global biogeochemical
cycles, yet their biological communities and related carbon dynamics are highly sensitive to …

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 …

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 …

Methane production and oxidation potentials along a fen‐bog gradient from southern boreal to subarctic peatlands in Finland

H Zhang, ES Tuittila, A Korrensalo… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) emissions from northern peatlands are projected to increase due to climate
change, primarily because of projected increases in soil temperature. Yet, the rates and …

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 …

Inconsistent response of Arctic permafrost peatland carbon accumulation to warm climate phases

H Zhang, AV Gallego‐Sala… - Global …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Northern peatlands have accumulated large carbon (C) stocks since the last deglaciation
and during past millennia they have acted as important atmospheric C sinks. However, it is …