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Articles | Volume 21, issue 21
Articles | Volume 21, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4723-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4723-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 21
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01 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 01 Nov 2024

Carbon degradation and mobilisation potentials of thawing permafrost peatlands in northern Norway inferred from laboratory incubations

Sigrid Trier Kjær, Sebastian Westermann, Nora Nedkvitne, and Peter Dörsch

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Permafrost peatlands are thawing due to climate change, releasing large quantities of carbon that degrades upon thawing and is released as CO2, CH4 or dissolved organic carbon (DOC). We incubated thawed Norwegian permafrost peat plateaus and thermokarst pond sediment found next to permafrost for up to 350 d to measure carbon loss. CO2 production was initially the highest, whereas CH4 production increased over time. The largest carbon loss was measured at the top of the peat plateau core as DOC.
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