[HTML][HTML] Potential for using remote sensing to estimate carbon fluxes across northern peatlands–A review

KJ Lees, T Quaife, RRE Artz, M Khomik… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Peatlands store large amounts of terrestrial carbon and any changes to their carbon balance
could cause large changes in the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of the Earth's …

Paludiculture as a sustainable land use alternative for tropical peatlands: A review

M Lupascu, LS Wijedasa - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Peatlands cover approximately 4.2 million km 2 of terrestrial land surface and store up to
700 Pg of terrestrial carbon. Preserving the carbon stocks in peatland is therefore crucial for …

Greenhouse gas emission factors associated with rewetting of organic soils

D Wilson, D Blain, J Couwenberg, CD Evans… - 2016 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Drained organic soils are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the
atmosphere. Rewetting these soils may reduce GHG emissions and could also create …

Wetlands and global climate change: the role of wetland restoration in a changing world

KL Erwin - Wetlands Ecology and management, 2009 - Springer
Global climate change is recognized as a threat to species survival and the health of natural
systems. Scientists worldwide are looking at the ecological and hydrological impacts …

Carbon losses from soil and its consequences for land-use management

JJC Dawson, P Smith - Science of the total environment, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper reviews our current knowledge and understanding of carbon processes in the
terrestrial ecosystem with a view to reducing soil carbon losses by optimising land-use and …

Hydrological processes in abandoned and restored peatlands: an overview of management approaches

JS Price, AL Heathwaite, AJ Baird - Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2003 - Springer
Mined peatlands do not readily recover their hydrological function, mainly because the
dominant peat-forming plant genus, Sphagnum, cannot easily reestablish on the degraded …

UK land use and soil carbon sequestration

NJ Ostle, PE Levy, CD Evans, P Smith - Land use policy, 2009 - Elsevier
This review explores the role of land use and land use change as a determinant of the soil's
ability to sequester and store carbon in the UK. Over 95 percent of the UK land carbon stock …

Current disturbance and the diminishing peatland carbon sink

M Turetsky, K Wieder, L Halsey… - Geophysical research …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Cumulative impacts of disturbances on peatland carbon must be understood to predict future
soil carbon stocks, yet the vulnerability and response of peatlands to disturbance have been …

Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

I Alonso, K Weston, R Gregg, M Morecroft - 2021 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were:(1) To collate
information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in vegetation and soils) for …

Drain blocking: An effective treatment for reducing dissolved organic carbon loss and water discolouration in a drained peatland

ZE Wallage, J Holden, AT McDonald - Science of the total environment, 2006 - Elsevier
Peatlands are an important terrestrial carbon store. However, heightened levels of
degradation in response to environmental change have resulted in an increased loss of …