Ecological resilience of restored peatlands to climate change
Restoring degraded peatlands can return them to a state of net carbon sequestration and enhance their ecosystem resilience, highlighting the importance of peatland protection and restoration in climate mitigation, according to a synthesis of evidence from temperate and high latitude peatlands.
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| description | Restoring degraded peatlands can return them to a state of net carbon sequestration and enhance their ecosystem resilience, highlighting the importance of peatland protection and restoration in climate mitigation, according to a synthesis of evidence from temperate and high latitude peatlands. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10811b553bd44f96a9415005bb1eb93c2022-12-22T02:04:31ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352022-09-01311810.1038/s43247-022-00547-xEcological resilience of restored peatlands to climate changeJulie Loisel0Angela Gallego-Sala1Dept. of Geography, Texas A&M UniversityDept. of Geography, College of Life & Environmental Sc., University of ExeterRestoring degraded peatlands can return them to a state of net carbon sequestration and enhance their ecosystem resilience, highlighting the importance of peatland protection and restoration in climate mitigation, according to a synthesis of evidence from temperate and high latitude peatlands.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00547-x |
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| title | Ecological resilience of restored peatlands to climate change |
| title_full | Ecological resilience of restored peatlands to climate change |
| title_fullStr | Ecological resilience of restored peatlands to climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecological resilience of restored peatlands to climate change |
| title_short | Ecological resilience of restored peatlands to climate change |
| title_sort | ecological resilience of restored peatlands to climate change |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00547-x |
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