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Tropical peatlands in the Anthropocene: The present and the future (2022)
Journal Article
Girkin, N. T., Cooper, H. V., Ledger, M. J., O’Reilly, P., Thornton, S. A., Åkesson, C. M., Cole, L. E., Hapsari, K. A., Hawthorne, D., & Roucoux, K. H. (2022). Tropical peatlands in the Anthropocene: The present and the future. Anthropocene, 40, Article 100354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100354

Tropical peatlands are a globally important carbon store. They host significant biodiversity and provide a range of other important ecosystem services, including food and medicines for local communities. Tropical peatlands are increasingly modified b... Read More about Tropical peatlands in the Anthropocene: The present and the future.

Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin (2022)
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Garcin, Y., Schefuß, E., Dargie, G. C., Hawthorne, D., Lawson, I. T., Sebag, D., Biddulph, G. E., Crezee, B., Bocko, Y. E., Ifo, S. A., Mampouya Wenina, Y. E., Mbemba, M., Ewango, C. E. N., Emba, O., Bola, P., Kanyama Tabu, J., Tyrrell, G., Young, D. M., Gassier, G., Girkin, N. T., …Lewis, S. L. (2022). Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin. Nature, 612(7939), 277–282. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05389-3

The forested swamps of the central Congo Basin store approximately 30 billion metric tonnes of carbon in peat1,2. Little is known about the vulnerability of these carbon stocks. Here we investigate this vulnerability usingpeat cores from a large inte... Read More about Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin.

Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data (2022)
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Crezee, B., Dargie, G. C., Ewango, C. E. N., Mitchard, E. T., Emba B., O., Kanyama T., J., Bola, P., Ndjango, J.-B. N., Girkin, N. T., Bocko, Y. E., Ifo, S. A., Hubau, W., Seidensticker, D., Batumike, R., Imani, G., Cuní-Sanchez, A., Kiahtipes, C. A., Lebamba, J., Wotzka, H. P., Bean, H., …Lewis, S. L. (2022). Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data. Nature Geoscience, 15(8), 639-644. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00966-7

The world’s largest tropical peatland complex is found in the central Congo Basin. However, there is a lack of in situ measurements to understand the peatland’s distribution and the amount of carbon stored in it. So far, peat in this region has been... Read More about Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data.

Immediate environmental impacts of transformation of an oil palm intercropping to a monocropping system in a tropical peatland (2022)
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Dhandapani, S., Girkin, N. T., Evers, S., Ritz, K., & Sjögersten, S. (2022). Immediate environmental impacts of transformation of an oil palm intercropping to a monocropping system in a tropical peatland. Mires and Peat, 28, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.19189/MaP.2021.GDC.StA.2290

The expansion of oil palm plantations is one of the greatest threats to carbon-rich tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia. More than half of the oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia are smallholder-based, which typically f... Read More about Immediate environmental impacts of transformation of an oil palm intercropping to a monocropping system in a tropical peatland.

Linking long-term soil phosphorus management to microbial communities involved in nitrogen reactions (2022)
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O’Neill, R. M., Duff, A. M., Brennan, F. P., Gebremichael, A. W., Girkin, N. T., Lanigan, G. J., Krol, D. J., Wall, D. P., Renou-Wilson, F., Müller, C., Richards, K. G., & Deveautour, C. (2022). Linking long-term soil phosphorus management to microbial communities involved in nitrogen reactions. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 58(4), 389-402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-022-01627-y

The influence of soil phosphorous (P) content on the N-cycling communities and subsequent effects on N2O emissions remains unclear. Two laboratory incubation experiments were conducted on soils collected from a long-term (est. 1995) P-addition field... Read More about Linking long-term soil phosphorus management to microbial communities involved in nitrogen reactions.

Tropical peatlands in the anthropocene: Lessons from the past (2022)
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Cole, L. E., Åkesson, C. M., Hapsari, K. A., Hawthorne, D., Roucoux, K. H., Girkin, N. T., Cooper, H. V., Ledger, M. J., O'Reilly, P., & Thornton, S. A. (2022). Tropical peatlands in the anthropocene: Lessons from the past. Anthropocene, 37, 100324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100324

The status of tropical peatlands, one of Earth's most efficient natural carbon stores, is of increasing international concern as they experience rising threat from deforestation and drainage. Peatlands form over thousands of years, where waterlogged... Read More about Tropical peatlands in the anthropocene: Lessons from the past.

Identifying Sustainable Nitrogen Management Practices for Tea Plantations (2022)
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Rebello, R., Burgess, P. J., & Girkin, N. T. (2022). Identifying Sustainable Nitrogen Management Practices for Tea Plantations. Nitrogen, 3(1), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen3010003

Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. It is mostly grown in the tropics with a heavy dependence on mineral nitrogen (N) fertilisers to maintain high yields while minimising the areas under cultivation. However,... Read More about Identifying Sustainable Nitrogen Management Practices for Tea Plantations.