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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2633-2021
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Research article
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21 Dec 2021
Research article |
| 21 Dec 2021
| 21 Dec 2021
Carbon accumulation rates of Holocene peatlands in central–eastern Europe document the driving role of human impact over the past 4000 years
Jack Longman
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Marine Isotope Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Daniel Veres
Romanian Academy, Institute of Speleology, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Aritina Haliuc
Romanian Academy, Institute of Speleology, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
EPOC, UMR 5805, Université de Bordeaux, 33600 Pessac, France
Walter Finsinger
ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, 34095 Montpellier, France
Vasile Ersek
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Daniela Pascal
RoAMS Laboratory, Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering,077125 Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania
Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, 030018 Bucharest, Romania
Tiberiu Sava
RoAMS Laboratory, Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering,077125 Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania
Robert Begy
Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Nutrient inputs control the carbon sequestration efficiency of peatlands in the northern margins of the East Asian Summer Monsoon M. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.109057
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- Central-Eastern Europe as a centre of Middle Ages extractive metallurgy J. Longman et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2024.106093
- Recent carbon sequestration dynamics in four temperate SE European peatlands using 210Pb dating R. Begy et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107208
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- Changing natural conditions and their impact on the Mt. Śnieżnica landscape, Outer Western Carpathians – Reconstruction of the Holocene environment based on geochemical indices and radiocarbon dating Ł. Pawlik et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158066
- Considering the autogenic processes of the ecosystem to analyze the sensitivity of peatland carbon accumulation to temperature and hydroclimate change H. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107717
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Short summary
Peatlands are some of the best environments for storing carbon; thus, comprehending how much carbon can be stored and how amounts have changed through time is important to understand carbon cycling. We analysed nine peatlands from central–eastern Europe to look at how carbon storage in mountain bogs has changed over the last 10 000 years. We conclude that human activity is the main driver of changes in storage levels over the past 4000 years; prior to this, climate was the primary driver.
Peatlands are some of the best environments for storing carbon; thus, comprehending how much...
