Peatlands are lands with a peat layer at the surface, containing a large proportion of organic
carbon. Such lands cover≈ 1 000 000 km2 in Europe, which is almost 10% of the total …

Degradation of peatlands through land-use change and drainage is currently responsible for
5-10% of global annual anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, restoring …

Global peatlands store more carbon than is naturally present in the atmosphere,. However,
many peatlands are under pressure from drainage-based agriculture, plantation …

For decades, ecosystem scientists have used global warming potentials (GWPs) to compare
the radiative forcing of various greenhouse gases to determine if ecosystems have a net …

Wetlands are the largest natural source of atmospheric methane. Here, we assess controls
on methane flux using a database of approximately 19 000 instantaneous measurements …

Drained organic soils are large sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) in many
European and Asian countries. Therefore, these soils urgently need to be considered and …

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 …

Drainage has turned peatlands from a carbon sink into one of the world's largest
greenhouse gas (GHG) sources from cultivated soils. We analyzed a unique data set (12 …

Peatlands provide many important ecosystem services, including water regulation,
biodiversity conservation, and carbon sequestration and storage. To safeguard these …

Abstract Peatlands cover only 3–4% of the Earth's surface, but they store nearly 30% of
global soil carbon stock. This significant carbon store is under threat as peatlands continue …