Microorganisms may provide hope that peatlands can withstand hotter temperatures in a changing climate, according to a study recently published in the New Phytologist.
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2022
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Widespread wildfires are lighting up Indonesia, but these fires were not started accidentally. These fires were set deliberately to clear land for palm oil companies. This type of "slash-and-burn" agricultural has been used ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2013
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Five years ago, Indonesia was considered one of the world's worst forest destroyers. But a permanent moratorium on new clearance of primary forest and peatland, recently announced by Presiden Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2019
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Peatlands, such as fens, bogs, marshes and swamps, cover just 3% of the Earth's total land surface, yet store over one-third of the planet's soil carbon. That's more than the carbon stored in all other vegetation combined, ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2021
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Hillsides splashed with purple heather are a symbol of Scotland and its natural beauty. But these picturesque moorlands are actually maintained by people—a practice that is coming under intense scrutiny as the climate crisis ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2024
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Perennial grass cover significantly reduces nitrogen leaching from cultivated peatlands, according to a recent study published in Science of The Total Environment. In measurements of Ruukki NorPeat field, the least amount ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2023
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On a windswept hillside in a remote corner of northern England, a peatland restoration plan pooling public and private money is underway which proponents claim provides a model for climate change mitigation.
Environment
Mar 9, 2023
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Maintaining a water level between 20 and 30 centimeters below the local water table will boost southern peatlands' carbon storage and reduce the amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane they release back ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2023
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A new way to take the pulse of carbon emissions could help track how the industrial development of peatlands contributes to climate change, as well as measure their recovery once development ends.
Environment
Aug 13, 2019
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A new study led by UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography postdoctoral scholar Jennifer Bowen finds that canals used to drain soggy peatlands in Southeast Asia are likely hotspots for greenhouse gas emissions.
Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2024
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