Carbon respiration from subsurface peat accelerated by climate warming in the subarctic

Ellen Dorrepaal; Sylvia Toet; Richard S. P. van Logtestijn; Elferra Swart; Martine Janet van de Weg; Terry V. Callaghan; Rien Aerts

doi:10.1038/nature08216

Carbon respiration from subsurface peat accelerated by climate warming in the subarctic

Ellen Dorrepaal, Sylvia Toet, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Elferra Swart, Martine Janet van de Weg, Terry V. Callaghan, Rien Aerts

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Abstract

The feedback between the terrestrial carbon cycle and climate is one of the largest uncertainties in current projections of future climate, with the long-term sensitivity of carbon in peatlands remaining unclear. The combination of non-disturbing in situ measurements of carbon dioxide respiration rates and isotopic composition of respired CO2 in subarctic peatland experiments now shows that warming accelerates respiration rates of these subsurface carbon reservoirs to a much larger extent than was previously thought.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	616-619
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	460
Issue number	7255
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08216
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Subsurface peat
Climate warming
Subarctic

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