Intact and managed peatland soils as a source and sink of GHGs from 1850 to 2100

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0615-5

Natural peatlands accumulate carbon but land-use change and drainage leads to emission of GHGs from peatlands. Loss of natural peatland area globally has shifted the peatland biome from a sink to a source of carbon, but restoration of drained peatlands could make them carbon neutral.