The retention of peatland carbon (C) and the ability to continue to draw down and store C
from the atmosphere is not only important for the UK terrestrial carbon inventory, but also for …

Peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth's land surface but boreal and subarctic peatlands store
about 15–30% of the world's soil carbon (C) as peat. Despite their potential for large positive …

Boreal and subarctic peatlands today represent a large global carbon (C) reservoir. Existing
models that describe organic matter accumulation in peatlands over thousands of years are …

This study estimates the complete carbon budget of an 11.4 km2 peat-covered catchment in
Northern England. The budget considers both fluvial and gaseous carbon fluxes and …

This study considers the current evidence on fluxes of carbon (C) and greenhouse gases
(GHG) from UK peatlands, including managed peatlands. Peatlands are here defined as …

Peatlands contain a large belowground carbon (C) stock in the biosphere, and their
dynamics have important implications for the global carbon cycle. However, there are still …

Any change in the ability of northern peatlands to act as a sink for atmospheric CO2 will play
a crucial part in the response of the Earth system to global warming. We argue that a true …

Peatlands are carbon-accumulating wetland ecosystems, developed through an imbalance
among organic matter production and decomposition processes. Soil saturation is the …

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 …

Understanding the spatio-temporal variability of controls on peatland carbon (C) cycling is
essential to project the effects of future environmental change. While there is understanding …