AUGER Project is an @EPAResearchNews funded project investigating the peatland properties influencing greenhouse gas emissions and removals @Flo_RenouWilson
9. And recent work by @ProjectAuger estimates that Irish peatlands store a staggering 2.2 billion tonnes of carbon. However, less than 15% of Irish peatlands are in near-natural state, and the area actively sequestering carbon is likely to be even less.
https://t.co/TBt9WNuGR1
Robust results from 5 years monitoring confirms that rewetting drained bogs 1) reduce C emissions 2) establish optimal conditions for C sequestration & 3) set the site on a climate cooling trajectory.
Funded by @EPAIreland@ProjectAuger
https://t.co/H0ipSBCTx3
@EPAResearchNews
The AUGER report is out just in time to celebrate #WorldWetlandsDay2022
Irish bogs are the main subclass of wetlands in Ireland
--> 1ha of near intact raised bog store 3000 tonnes of carbon
We need to keep this carbon locked up as well as bring back clean water and biodiversity
There’s no bog standard in peatland restoration
New EPA Research report available now: https://t.co/Qx0ZrMn5HR
Watch the project highlights: https://t.co/paRPEvZN53
JUST PUBLISHED: Development of new drainage factor for an improved ECOSSE water table simulation approach for modelling CO2 fluxes from drained and rewetted peatlands
https://t.co/t6uFrpamJn
Co-authors @peatyGHG, @matts20000, @JYeluripati & @flo_renouwilson@EPAResearchNews
This week #EGU20 we presented provisional results from the @ProjectAuger with our postdoc @APremrov gave insights into peatland biogeochemical modelling of CO2 using ECOSSE process based model. Our PhD Kilian Walz uncovered the factors affecting carbon stocks in Irish peatlands
A step closer to managing grassland to reduce GHG emissions: our paper is one of the first studies demonstrating manipulation of C:N:P ratio can reduce N2O emissions from grasslands. Well done Rosie O'Neill for a first PhD paper @UCDSBES
@TeagascEnviron
https://t.co/quZqL3VwSz
Great 3 min video explaining the impacts of draining peatland on carbon emissions, hydrologoy and peat structure thanks to @IUCNpeat@RichardLindsa16@EPAResearchNews
https://t.co/btpmlsLrHF
#WorldSoilDay tomorrow 5 Dec, peatlands is our biggest store of carbon also in Ireland; From the atmosphere perspective, locking it in is just as good as trying to plant trees somewhere else. https://t.co/vRsQjMvRDZ
5 Dec is #WorldSoilDay. No #soil = no food, no carbon sink, no ecosystem services, no life, no future.
Wet #peatlands soil = better chance to reduce climate chaos; cleaner air; more ecosystem services, better future
@EPAResearchNews@UCDEarth
Drained peat soils are a worldwide problem. German drained organic soils emit more than 55 Mt CO2-eq. per year. This is equivalent to around 6.6% of the national GHG emissions in 2014.
https://t.co/moAJTTEmpg