Nature Communications (Dec 2016)
Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures
- R. M. Wilson,
- A. M. Hopple,
- M. M. Tfaily,
- S. D. Sebestyen,
- C. W. Schadt,
- L. Pfeifer-Meister,
- C. Medvedeff,
- K. J. McFarlane,
- J. E. Kostka,
- M. Kolton,
- R.K. Kolka,
- L. A. Kluber,
- J. K. Keller,
- T. P. Guilderson,
- N. A. Griffiths,
- J. P. Chanton,
- S. D. Bridgham,
- P. J. Hanson
Affiliations
- R. M. Wilson
- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University
- A. M. Hopple
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon
- M. M. Tfaily
- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory—Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- S. D. Sebestyen
- USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
- C. W. Schadt
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- L. Pfeifer-Meister
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon
- C. Medvedeff
- Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University
- K. J. McFarlane
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- J. E. Kostka
- School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
- M. Kolton
- School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
- R.K. Kolka
- USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
- L. A. Kluber
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- J. K. Keller
- Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University
- T. P. Guilderson
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- N. A. Griffiths
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- J. P. Chanton
- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University
- S. D. Bridgham
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon
- P. J. Hanson
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13723
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Peatlands store large quantities of carbon, yet their response to deep warming remains unexplored. Here, Wilsonet al. perform large scale ecosystem manipulation to reveal deep peat heating exponentially increases CH4emissions due to surface processes, but that deep carbon remains relatively stable.
