Tropical peatlands and their contribution to the global carbon cycle and climate change

K Ribeiro, FS Pacheco, JW Ferreira… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands are carbon‐rich ecosystems that cover 185–423 million hectares (Mha) of the
earth's surface. The majority of the world's peatlands are in temperate and boreal zones …

Digital mapping of peatlands–A critical review

B Minasny, Ö Berglund, J Connolly, C Hedley… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Peatlands offer a series of ecosystem services including carbon storage, biomass
production, and climate regulation. Climate change and rapid land use change are …

Open digital mapping as a cost-effective method for mapping peat thickness and assessing the carbon stock of tropical peatlands

B Minasny, BI Setiawan, SK Saptomo, AB McBratney - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
Tropical peatland holds a large amount of carbon in the terrestrial ecosystem. Indonesia,
responding to the global climate issues, has legislation on the protection and management …

Digital mapping for cost-effective and accurate prediction of the depth and carbon stocks in Indonesian peatlands

B Minasny, BI Setiawan, C Arif, SK Saptomo… - Geoderma, 2016 - Elsevier
Tropical peatlands have an important role in the global carbon cycle. In order to quantify
carbon stock for peatland management and conservation, the knowledge of the spatial …

Tropical wetland ecosystem service assessments in East Africa; A review of approaches and challenges

C Langan, J Farmer, M Rivington, JU Smith - Environmental Modelling & …, 2018 - Elsevier
East African wetlands are hotspots of ecosystem services, particularly for climate regulation,
water provision and food production. We review the ability of current approaches to …

Quantification of peat thickness and stored carbon at the landscape scale in tropical peatlands: a comparison of airborne geophysics and an empirical topographic …

S Silvestri, R Knight, A Viezzoli… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands play a key role in the global carbon cycle, sequestering and releasing large
amounts of carbon. Despite their importance, a reliable method for the quantification of …

Mapping of peat thickness using a multi-receiver electromagnetic induction instrument

A Beucher, T Koganti, BV Iversen, MH Greve - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peatlands constitute extremely valuable areas because of their ability to store large amounts
of soil organic carbon (SOC). Investigating different key peat soil properties, such as the …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric methane condition over the South Sumatera Peatland during the COVID-19 Pandemic

M Rendana, WMR Idris, SA Rahim - Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2021 - aaqr.org
Recent anthropogenic activities have degraded peatlands, the largest natural reservoir of
soil carbon, thereby reducing their carbon uptake from the atmosphere. As one of the …

Organic matter composition and paleoclimatic changes in tropical mountain peatlands currently under grasslands and forest clusters

AC Silva, MS Barbosa, UM Barral, BPC Silva… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
Tropical peatlands are important ecosystems for Planet Earth, as they store large amounts of
carbon and water. A better understanding of the impact of vegetation type and altitude in …

[HTML][HTML] Factors controlling peat soil thickness and carbon storage in temperate peatlands based on UAV high-resolution remote sensing

Y Li, M Henrion, A Moore, S Lambot, S Opfergelt… - Geoderma, 2024 - Elsevier
Peatlands store a large amount of carbon. However, peatlands are complex ecosystems,
and acquiring reliable estimates of how much carbon is stored underneath the Earth's …