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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Ecology of peatland testate amoebae in Svalbard and the development of transfer functions for reconstructing past water-table depth and pH

TG Sim, GT Swindles, PJ Morris, AJ Baird… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Peatlands are valuable archives of information about past environmental conditions and
represent a globally-important carbon store. Robust proxy methods are required to …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a new testate amoeba hydrological transfer function for permafrost peatlands of NW Siberia

A Halaś, M Lamentowicz, D Łuców… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The vast areas of permafrost peatlands in the West Siberian Lowland (WSL) hold a
significant amount of carbon currently at risk due to human-caused global warming. The …

[PDF][PDF] Testate amoebae: a review on their multiple uses as bioindicators

YGC Freitas, BRD Ramos, YG Silva, GS Sampaio… - Acta …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Testate amoebae (TA) are unicellular protozoans enclosed in a test capable of indicating a
wide variety of environmental conditions. Among others, characteristics such as short life …

Newly initiated carbon stock, organic soil accumulation patterns and main driving factors in the High Arctic Svalbard, Norway

T Juselius, V Ravolainen, H Zhang, S Piilo, M Müller… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
High latitude organic soils form a significant carbon storage and deposition of these soils is
largely driven by climate. Svalbard, Norway, has experienced millennial-scale climate …

Diatom-based water-table reconstruction in Sphagnum peatlands of northeastern China

X Chen, S McGowan, ZJ Bu, XD Yang, YM Cao, X Bai… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Peatlands are important ecosystems for biodiversity conservation, global carbon cycling and
water storage. Hydrological changes due to climate variability have accelerated the …

Linking testate amoeba assemblages to paleohydrology and ecosystem function in Holocene peat records from the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada

D Bysouth, SA Finkelstein - The Holocene, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Peat cores from boreal bog and fen sites in the Hudson Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario,
Canada, were analysed to calculate Holocene carbon accumulation rates, and to show how …