Bona et al. (2024): Using the Canadian Model for Peatlands (CaMP) to examine greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sink strength in Canada’s boreal and temperate peatlands
Kelly A. Bona, Kara L. Webster, Dan K. Thompson, Oleksandra Hararuk, Gary Zhang, Werner A. Kurz IN: Ecological Modelling, 490, 110633, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110633
This study applied the Canadian Model for Peatlands (CaMP) to 63.9 million hectares of peatlands within boreal and temperate ecozones of Canada to assess the trends in atmospheric carbon (C) emissions and removals and C sequestration over 30 years (1990–2019). While this research is the first to produce estimates of C sequestration and greenhouse gas emission and removal rates across such a large area of Canada, further research is required across peatland types and ecozones to improve parameterization, validation, and process representations. The results stress the importance of ecozone-specific analyses and accounting for infrequent large fire years and fire risk in land management policy and carbon accounting.