Management of peat soils is regionally important as they cover large land areas and have
important but conflicting ecosystems services. A recent management trend for drained …

Optimizing the level of groundwater presents a viable strategy for mitigating the greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions associated with the cultivation of peatlands. This study investigated …

Peatlands drained for agriculture are sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) and
nitrous oxide (N 2 O). Resulting emissions may depend on land-use, often as grassland or …

Northern peatlands are important carbon (C) reservoirs, storing about one-third of the global
terrestrial soil C pool. Anthropogenic influences, such as drainage for agriculture and …

Forty percentage of UK peatlands have been drained for agricultural use, which has caused
serious peat wastage and associated greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide (CO2) and …

Drained peatlands contribute to anthropic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), so a better
understanding of the underlying processes and identification of mitigation options for …

Greenhouse gas emissions from drained agricultural peatlands contribute significantly to
global warming. In a laboratory study using intact cores of peat soil from eight different sites …

Loss of organic matter from cultivated peat soils is a threat to farmers, due to the surface
subsidence associated with organic matter loss, and to the atmosphere, due to CO 2 and N …

During the last decades, climate change and variability are increasingly and negatively
affecting agriculture. To ensure satisfactory and stable food production, agriculture is …

Organic soils of intact peatlands store 1/4 of the global soil organic carbon (SOC). Despite
being an important source of methane (CH4), they are climate coolers because they …