Peatlands are wetland ecosystems with great significance as natural habitats and as major
global carbon stores. They have been subject to widespread exploitation and degradation …

The leaching of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from soils to the river network is an
overlooked component of the terrestrial soil C budget. Measurements of DOC concentrations …

The carbon (C) accumulation histories of peatlands are of great interest to scientists, land
users and policy makers. Because peatlands contain more than 500 billion tonnes of C, an …

Increasing levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) have been detected in the last decades
in water bodies of the Northern hemisphere, and climate change might fuel this rise. For …

Estimations of peatland carbon stocks often use generalised values for peat thickness and
carbon content. Ground penetrating radar (GPR), a rapid technique for field data collection …

Globally peatlands store 500 Gt carbon (C), with northern blanket bogs accumulating 23 g C
m− 2 y− 1 due to cool wet conditions. As a sink of carbon dioxide (CO2) peat bogs slow …

Irish peatlands are of national and international importance. Half of the blanket bogs
considered to be of conservation importance in the European Atlantic Biogeographic Region …

Peatlands play an important role in modulating the climate, mainly through sequestration of
carbon dioxide into peat carbon, which depends on the availability of reactive nitrogen (Nr) …

Executive summary Soil is a finite resource and to ensure its sustainability knowledge of the
processes and rates involved in its formation need to be considered. Increasingly, the …

Monitoring blanket bog condition and functions is critical in ensuring the ecosystem services
they provide, especially as their environment becomes increasingly pressured. Microbial …