Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss

The amount of carbon stored in peats exceeds that stored in vegetation. A synthesis of the literature suggests that smouldering fires in peatlands could become more common as the climate warms, and release old carbon to the air. Globally, the amount of carbon stored in peats exceeds that stored in v...

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Published in:	Nature geoscience Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 11 - 14
Main Authors:	Turetsky, Merritt R., Benscoter, Brian, Page, Susan, Rein, Guillermo, van der Werf, Guido R., Watts, Adam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.01.2015 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	704/106/47 704/106/694/2739 704/158/2465 704/172/169 Carbon cycle Carbon sequestration Climate change Combustion Earth Sciences Earth System Sciences Fires Geochemistry Geology Geophysics/Geodesy Peat Peatlands progress-article Tropical environments Water table
ISSN:	1752-0894, 1752-0908
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