Global peatland initiation driven by regionally asynchronous warming

Author:

Morris Paul J.ORCID,Swindles Graeme T.,Valdes Paul J.,Ivanovic Ruza F.ORCID,Gregoire Lauren J.ORCID,Smith Mark W.,Tarasov Lev,Haywood Alan M.,Bacon Karen L.

Abstract

Widespread establishment of peatlands since the Last Glacial Maximum represents the activation of a globally important carbon sink, but the drivers of peat initiation are unclear. The role of climate in peat initiation is particularly poorly understood. We used a general circulation model to simulate local changes in climate during the initiation of 1,097 peatlands around the world. We find that peat initiation in deglaciated landscapes in both hemispheres was driven primarily by warming growing seasons, likely through enhanced plant productivity, rather than by any increase in effective precipitation. In Western Siberia, which remained ice-free throughout the last glacial period, the initiation of the world’s largest peatland complex was globally unique in that it was triggered by an increase in effective precipitation that inhibited soil respiration and allowed wetland plant communities to establish. Peat initiation in the tropics was only weakly related to climate change, and appears to have been driven primarily by nonclimatic mechanisms such as waterlogging due to tectonic subsidence. Our findings shed light on the genesis and Holocene climate space of one of the world’s most carbon-dense ecosystem types, with implications for understanding trajectories of ecological change under changing future climates.

Funder

RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council

Publisher

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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