Limited contribution of permafrost carbon to methane release from thawing peatlands

Mark D. A. Cooper, Cristian Estop-Aragonés, James P. Fisher, Aaron Thierry, Mark H. Garnett, Dan J. Charman, Julian B. Murton, Gareth K. Phoenix, Rachael Treharne, Steve V. Kokelj, Stephen A. Wolfe, Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Mathew Williams and Iain P. Hartley ()
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Mark D. A. Cooper: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Cristian Estop-Aragonés: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
James P. Fisher: University of Sheffield
Aaron Thierry: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
Mark H. Garnett: NERC Radiocarbon Facility, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park
Dan J. Charman: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Julian B. Murton: University of Sussex
Gareth K. Phoenix: University of Sheffield
Rachael Treharne: University of Sheffield
Steve V. Kokelj: Northwest Territories Geological Survey, Government of the Northwest Territories
Stephen A. Wolfe: Carleton University
Antoni G. Lewkowicz: Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa
Mathew Williams: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
Iain P. Hartley: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 7, 507-511

Abstract: Methane fluxes from thawing peatlands in northern Canada were derived predominantly from anaerobic decomposition of recent vegetation rather than from previously frozen material — as is typically assumed.

Date: 2017
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