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Climate change impacts peatland carbon dioxide gas exchange primarily via moisture conditions

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-04-08

Northern peatlands store approximately one third of global soil carbon, namely around 500 gigatons. Because the peatland carbon cycling is largely controlled by partly anaerobic soil conditions, the carbon stored in these soils is extremely vulnerable to climate warming that is expected to reduce soil moisture and therefore increase soil aeration.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-04-climate-impacts-peatland-carbon-dioxide.html