Permafrost thaw causes large carbon loss in boreal peatlands while changes to peat quality are limited

LI Harris, D Olefeldt, N Pelletier, C Blodau… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid, ongoing permafrost thaw of peatlands in the discontinuous permafrost zone is
exposing a globally significant store of soil carbon (C) to microbial processes. Mineralization …

Lateral thermokarst patterns in permafrost peat plateaus in northern Norway

LCP Martin, J Nitzbon, J Scheer, KS Aas, T Eiken… - The …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Subarctic peatlands underlain by permafrost contain significant amounts of organic carbon.
Our ability to quantify the evolution of such permafrost landscapes in numerical models is …

Long‐term response of peatland carbon exchange to climatic changes in the Hudson Bay Lowlands

O Balogun, R Bello, K Higuchi - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Northern peatlands have been a persistent net sink of atmospheric carbon (C) due to the
greater rates of gross primary production (GPP) compared to ecosystem respiration (ER) …

Thermal erosion patterns of permafrost peat plateaus in northern Norway

LCP Martin, J Nitzbon, J Scheer, KS Aas, T Eiken… - 2023 - hal.science
Subarctic peatlands underlain by permafrost contain significant amounts of organic carbon
and our ability to quantify the evolution of such permafrost landscapes in numerical models …

[PDF][PDF] Mesoscale Wind and Temperature Changes over Peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowlands: Impacts on the Surface Energy Balance and Net CO2 Exchange

OO Balogun - 2021 - yorkspace.library.yorku.ca
Although northern peatlands in general are currently a net carbon sink, there is still
considerable uncertainty in the long-term combined response of plant productivity and …