Even though large extents of boreal peatlands are still in a pristine condition, especially in
North America, extensive areas have been affected by natural or anthropogenic …

Peatlands represent an important reservoir of carbon, but their functioning can be
threatened by water level drawdown caused by climate or land use change. Knowledge of …

Peatlands have persisted as massive carbon sinks over millennia, even during past periods
of climate change. The commonly accepted theory of abiotic controls (mainly anoxia and low …

Northern peatlands are a large repository of atmospheric carbon due to an imbalance
between primary production by plants and microbial decomposition. The James Bay …

A bstract We examined aerobic and anaerobic microbial carbon dioxide (CO 2) and
methane (CH 4) exchange in peat samples representing different profiles at natural, mined …

This study investigated the abundance, distribution, and composition of microbial
communities at the watershed scale in a boreal peatland within the Marcell Experimental …

The UK hosts 15–19% of global upland ombrotrophic (rain fed) peatlands that are estimated
to store 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon and represent a critical upland habitat with regard to …

Northern peatlands play a key role in the global carbon and water budget, but the bacterial
diversity in these ecosystems remains poorly described. Here, we compared the bacterial …

Climate warming is predicted to increase heterotrophic metabolism in northern peatland
soils leading to enhanced greenhouse gas emissions. However, the specific relationships …

The response of methanogens to thawing permafrost is an important factor for the global
greenhouse gas budget. We tracked methanogenic community structure, activity, and …