Publications by authors named "A Feurdean"
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- Rapid temperature increases in high-latitude areas are dramatically altering wetland ecosystems, particularly in Arctic Alaska, prompting researchers to examine changes in plant communities.
- Detailed palaeoecological analyses revealed a recent expansion of certain Sphagnum populations and dry habitat vascular plants from 2000 to 2015, linked to rising temperatures and lower water tables, while historical data indicated high water tables between 1500-1950 led to different dominant plant species.
- The study emphasizes the significance of hydroclimatic fluctuations on Arctic peatland vegetation and the value of river valley peatlands in understanding past environmental conditions.
High-latitude peatlands are changing rapidly in response to climate change, including permafrost thaw. Here, we reconstruct hydrological conditions since the seventeenth century using testate amoeba data from 103 high-latitude peat archives. We show that 54% of the peatlands have been drying and 32% have been wetting over this period, illustrating the complex ecohydrological dynamics of high latitude peatlands and their highly uncertain responses to a warming climate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeatlands cover 3% of the land, occur in 169 countries, and have-by sequestering 600 Gt of carbon-cooled the global climate by 0.6 °C. After a general review about peatlands worldwide, this paper describes the importance of the Great Vasyugan Mire and presents suggestions about its protection and future research.
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