Responsible agriculture must adapt to the wetland character of mid‐latitude peatlands

BWJ Freeman, CD Evans, S Musarika… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Drained, lowland agricultural peatlands are greenhouse gas (GHG) emission hotspots and a
large but vulnerable store of irrecoverable carbon. They exhibit soil loss rates of~ 2.0 cm yr …

Prompt rewetting of drained peatlands reduces climate warming despite methane emissions

A Günther, A Barthelmes, V Huth, H Joosten… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Peatlands are strategic areas for climate change mitigation because of their matchless
carbon stocks. Drained peatlands release this carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide …

Paludiculture in Latvia—Existing Knowledge and Challenges

I Ozola, I Dauskane, I Aunina, N Stivrins - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global climate change impact has increased in recent decades and put urgency on
implementing effective climate change mitigation (CCM) activities. Rewetting of drained …

Peat production for horticultural use in the Latvian context: Sustainability assessment through LCA modeling

R Paoli, M Feofilovs, A Kamenders… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Peat is used in various fields, from energy sources to fertilizer substrates. Peat bogs account
for 3% of the earth's surface and represent a significant natural environment and carbon …

Derivation of greenhouse gas emission factors for peatlands managed for extraction in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

D Wilson, SD Dixon, RRE Artz, TEL Smith… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Drained peatlands are significant hotspots of carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions and may also
be more vulnerable to fire with its associated gaseous emissions. Under the United Nations …

Novel seedling substrate made by different types of biogas residues: Feasibility, carbon emission reduction and economic benefit potential

X Meng, Q Wang, Z Lv, Y Cai, M Zhu, J Li, X Ma… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-value utilization of biogas residue is essential to drive the development of the biogas
industry. This study investigated the feasibility of total or partial replacement for peat (100 …

Improved estimates of carbon dioxide emissions from drained peatlands support a reduction in emission factor

H He, NT Roulet - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Annex 1
countries must report annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from peatlands drained for …

On the after‐use and restoration of abandoned extracted peatlands in the Baltic countries

E Karofeld, L Jarašius, A Priede… - Restoration …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), mires directly affected by
peat extraction cover almost 90,000 ha. Of these, over 26,200 ha have already been …

Carbon emissions and removals from Irish peatlands: present trends and future mitigation measures

D Wilson, C Müller, F Renou-Wilson - Irish Geography, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In the Republic of Ireland, peatlands cover an estimated 20% of the land area and have
been widely utilised over the centuries for energy production, agriculture, forestry and …

Eddy covariance measurements of CO2 exchange from agro-ecosystems located in subtropical (India) and boreal (Finland) climatic conditions

PK Deb Burman, NJ Shurpali, S Chowdhuri… - Journal of Earth System …, 2020 - Springer
Climate impacts agriculture in various complex ways at different levels and scales
depending on the local natural crop growth limitations. Our objective in this study, therefore …