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Research article
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16 Sep 2015
Research article |
| 16 Sep 2015
Derivation of greenhouse gas emission factors for peatlands managed for extraction in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
D. Wilson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earthy Matters Environmental Consultants, Glenvar, Co. Donegal, Ireland
S. D. Dixon
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
R. R. E. Artz
The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
T. E. L. Smith
King's College London, Department of Geography, Strand, London, UK
C. D. Evans
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Wales, UK
H. J. F. Owen
King's College London, Department of Geography, Strand, London, UK
E. Archer
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
F. Renou-Wilson
School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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We quantified carbon dioxide emissions from drained peat extraction sites in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom and also measured a range of greenhouse gases that are released to the atmosphere with the burning of peat. Our derived carbon dioxide emission factors were considerably lower than those derived by the IPCC, which has major implications for National Inventory reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.
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