Articles | Volume 16, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3703-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3703-2019
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30 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2019

Greenhouse gas and energy fluxes in a boreal peatland forest after clear-cutting

Mika Korkiakoski, Juha-Pekka Tuovinen, Timo Penttilä, Sakari Sarkkola, Paavo Ojanen, Kari Minkkinen, Juuso Rainne, Tuomas Laurila, and Annalea Lohila

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We measured greenhouse gas and energy fluxes for 2 years after clear-cutting in a peatland forest. We found high carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions. However, in the second year after clear-cutting, the carbon dioxide emissions had already decreased by 33 % from the first year. Also, clear-cutting turned the site from a methane sink into a methane source. We conclude that clear-cutting peatland forests exerts a strong climatic warming effect through accelerated emission of greenhouse gas.
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