Climate change-induced peatland drying in Southeast Asia

When organic peat soils are sufficiently dry, they become flammable. In Southeast Asian peatlands, widespread deforestation and associated drainage create dry conditions that, when coupled with El Niño-driven drought, result in catastrophic fire events that release large amounts of carbon and deadly...

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Main Authors: Nathan C Dadap, Alexander R Cobb, Alison M Hoyt, Charles F Harvey, Andrew F Feldman, Eun-Soon Im, Alexandra G Konings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7969