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C-PEAT
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C-PEAT, in collaboration with PAGES and Future Earth, is taking part in the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change ( COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021. Our team is...
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands
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Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
Mapping and Monitoring Peatland Conditions from Global to Field Scale
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Peatlands cover only 3–4% of the Earth’s surface, but they store nearly 30% of global soil carbon stock. This significant carbon store is under threat as peatlands continue to be degraded at alarming...
Peatland Atlas: Facts and Figures About Wet Climate Guardians
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Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
Peatland Atlas: Facts and Figures About Wet Climate Guardians
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Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
Peatlands & climate commitments: Enhancing climate action through peatlands
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June 23rd, 2022 at 1:30am MST to June 23rd, 2022 at 9:00am MST
The session will be organized in 2 different occasions on Thursday 23 June 2022 Morning session: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. CEST/UTC +2 (Rome time) Afternoon session: 15:00 – 17:00 p.m. CEST/UTC +2 (Rome time)...
Sublethal Effects of Parasitism on Ruminants Can Have Cascading Consequences for Ecosystems
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Parasitic infections are common, but how they shape ecosystem-level processes is understudied. Using a mathematical model and meta-analysis, we explored the potential for helminth parasites to trigger...
Video - Managing Soil Carbon in Temperate & Boreal Ecosystems
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This presentation discusses managing soil carbon in temperate and boreal ecosystems.
Video - Nutritional Mechanism Impairs Caribou Pregnancy in the Alberta Oil Sands
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At the 14th North American Caribou Workshop held in September 2012, Jonah Keim presented results of research looking into the impact of nutrition on caribou in the Alberta oil sands region.