Hydrology controls thermokarst and alters carbon cycling and methane emissions in peatlands near the southern limit of permafrost

Permafrost peatlands store vast amounts of frozen carbon across northern landscapes. When ground ice melts, surface subsidence produces thermokarst landforms that expand wetlands at the edges of permafrost plateaus. Thermokarst represents an accelerating climate feedback, but uncertainties remain ab...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Ian Shirley, Zelalem Mekonnen, Robert Grant, Matteo Detto, Gabriel Hould Gosselin, Julie Talbot, Oliver Sonnentag, Baptiste Dafflon, William J Riley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	thermokarst peatland hydrology methane ecosystem modeling vegetation succession carbon cycling
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae0fad