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Peatland Carbon
Coverage from Phys.org, Technology Networks, and others
Peatlands and other wetlands can lock away carbon for thousands of years, but drainage, drought, warming, and changes in water levels can turn them into sources of carbon dioxide and methane.
Studies of the Congo Basin’s Mai Ndombe and Tumba lakes found that as much as 40% of dissolved carbon dioxide can come from ancient peat. Elsewhere, restoration projects such as the South West Peatland Partnership rewet and stabilize damaged bogs, while field research in northern Norway examines how groundwater levels affect greenhouse-gas emissions and carbon uptake. Together, these efforts connect carbon measurement, ecosystem restoration, climate modeling, and land management.
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Takashi Hirano and colleagues map peatland emissions in Southeast Asia from 2011 to 2020.
1/30/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
ETH Zurich researchers report in 2026 that ancient Congo Basin peat carbon is released by Mai Ndombe and Lac Tumba lakes, potentially altering regional and global climate.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
UC Santa Cruz researchers deploy eddy covariance towers in Long Beach wetlands and Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge to measure CO2 and methane exchanges starting now.
7/11/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
An evaluation of 133 avoided deforestation carbon projects finds most interventions do not maintain ecological integrity versus matched control forests.
6/22/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
ETH Zurich researchers report millennial-aged peat carbon outgassed by large humic Congo Basin lakes in 2026.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Researchers compared global carbon removal land-use scenarios with biodiversity hotspots and found frequent biodiversity conflicts alongside siting and enforcement constraints.
4/7/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
A Nature Climate Change study maps 1.5 C carbon dioxide removal scenarios against biodiversity habitats and finds substantial overlap, with reduced feasible land by mid-century.
3/31/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers quantify carbon stock, residence time, and flux in a Vermont headwater stream using fallout radionuclide chronometry, finding decade-scale storage and climate sensitivity.
6/8/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Peatland carbon storage in the Congo Basin and Arctic thaw processes are highlighted, alongside coordinated restoration involving Indigenous communities in Canada and Finland.
6/2/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Yale researchers reveal from 2000 to 2024 in the Florida Everglades that wetlands act as a major carbon sink with methane interactions.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Researchers report ancient peat carbon release from Congo Basin lakes could alter global carbon dynamics.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Researchers in ETH Zurich report that droughts may raise ancient peat carbon release and methane emissions in the Congo Basin wetlands.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
ETH Zurich researchers report in a Nature Geoscience study that Congo Basin lakes Mai Ndombe and Tumba release ancient peat carbon, potentially altering tropical carbon budgets.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
ETH Zurich researchers report ancient peat carbon release from Congo Basin lakes in 2026, with potential climate model implications.
2/23/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Scientists in the Democratic Republic of Congo measure peat carbon fluxes and lake methane in a recent study to inform climate projections.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
ETH Zurich scientists report ancient Congo Basin peat carbon leakage from Lac Mai Ndombe and Lac Tumba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a Nature Geoscience study.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
ETH Zurich researchers report that Congo Basin peatlands release ancient carbon through lakes Mai Ndombe and Tumba in recent studies.
2/23/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
University of Greifswald and Finnish Geological Survey researchers evaluate solar panels on rewetted peatlands in Germany and Finland to reduce peat emissions and support biodiversity.
6/11/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
South West Peatland Partnership restoration teams on Dartmoor re-wet degraded blanket bog to reduce runoff and emissions while improving biodiversity.
3/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Oswald Schmitz discusses how rewilding herbivore populations can increase soil carbon and ecosystem health, and how government climate accounting omits animal contributions.
4/27/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
A Swiss multi-year study reports beaver-created wetlands store more carbon while also buffering flooding, drought, wildfire impacts, and water quality in climate-stressed landscapes.
4/5/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in South Africa is testing rewilding-based soil carbon storage to support additional carbon credits under intensifying drought and land-degradation risk.
3/27/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers map cdr land use tradeoffs worldwide to meet Paris goals by 2050.
3/10/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Yale School of the Environment researchers analyzed Everglades greenhouse gas fluxes from 2000 to 2024 in southern Florida, with results published in 2026.
3/2/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers assess global decarbonization pathways in the 2020s, showing land allocation for carbon dioxide removal overlaps biodiversity hotspots.
2/5/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
University of Waterloo researchers estimate boreal edge afforestation could remove up to 19 gigatonnes of CO2 by 2100 in Canada.
2/1/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Scientists map land based carbon removal siting and assess biodiversity tradeoffs under 1.5 C futures across five models.
1/30/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
University of Utah researchers report climate-driven wildfire, drought, and insect risks increase projected forest carbon reversal, showing carbon offset buffer pools are likely undersized.
5/20/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Mast Reforestation in Montana is burying wildfire-killed trees to limit decomposition, estimate CO2e removal, and sell Puro.Earth-verified carbon credits.
5/14/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers assessed beaver activity in northern Switzerland and found beaver-created wetlands stored up to 10 times more carbon over 13 years.
5/8/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers conducted a year-long field experiment at the Yangtze River estuary showing biochar amendments increased sediment carbon storage and reduced respiration by over half in some wetland plots.
3/30/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers in Florida report that Everglades restoration increases carbon uptake while methane emissions offset gains, based on 2003-2020 data.
3/17/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers model biochar and peatland rewetting to boost long term carbon storage.
2/23/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers model biochar on rewetted peatlands to project century scale carbon storage gains worldwide.
2/23/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers in Pasvik Valley, Norway, during 2022-2023, found that raising groundwater levels in drained Arctic peatlands reduced net greenhouse gas emissions.
7/27/2025 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
PNAS published Everglades carbon research in Florida, estimating 14 million tons CO2 annually and 18 percent sequestration growth from 2003-2020.
3/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
ETH Zurich researchers report Congo Basin lakes Mai Ndombe and Tumba release ancient peat carbon.
2/24/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Australia's human-induced regeneration carbon credits use independent MRV reviews to assess forest regrowth under changed grazing management, with new entrants closed in 2023.
6/7/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Nature Communications study modeled integrated land-use planning showing potential 15% species impact reduction and 19% carbon loss reduction through coordinated conservation, agriculture, and renewables planning.
4/21/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Researchers measured CO2 emissions and uptake from beaver-influenced wetlands in northern Switzerland, reporting higher long-term carbon storage and minimal methane contributions.
3/22/2026 • Other • General
Researchers reported beaver-engineered wetlands in northern Switzerland stored 1,316 tons of carbon over 13 years while improving flood and drought resilience.
4/6/2026 • Adaptation & Resilience • General
A 2020s study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds Florida's Everglades sequester CO2 yet freshwater marsh methane offsets most carbon gains between 2003 and 2020.
3/19/2026 • Adaptation & Resilience • General
Researchers studied beaver restoration in northern Switzerland and reported beaver-created wetlands that increased long-term carbon storage and potentially offset nearly 2% of annual emissions.
3/26/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers quantify CO2 sequestration from beaver-engineered wetlands in northern Switzerland, estimating substantial long-duration carbon storage and limited methane emissions.
3/18/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Scientists from University of Birmingham, Wageningen University, and University of Bern report that beaver dams in northern Switzerland created wetlands storing more carbon than non-beaver areas over 13 years.
3/22/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Interesting
Pantheon Regeneration is restoring a drained 23-square-mile peatland near Belhaven, North Carolina, to reduce carbon emissions, wildfire risk, and habitat loss.
9/9/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Researchers using beaver-active stream corridors in northern Switzerland estimate March 18 results in Communications Earth and Environment show wetland CO2 offsets of 1.2% to 1.8% of annual emissions.
3/22/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
University of Birmingham-led researchers report quantified CO2 release and capture from beaver-shaped wetlands in northern Switzerland, estimating up to 1.2 to 1.8 percent annual emission offsets.
3/22/2026 • Other • General
University of Birmingham researchers report a northern Switzerland field study measuring CO2 release and capture in beaver modified wetlands that can act as long term carbon sinks.
3/22/2026 • Other • General
University of Utah and UC Santa Barbara researchers in Nature report climate-informed modeling of 100-year forest carbon reversal risks in U.S. regions, finding carbon credits may undercount losses.
5/20/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
A March 18 study reports beaver-engineered wetlands in northern Switzerland can store carbon and potentially offset 1.2% to 1.8% of annual emissions.
3/22/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
UEA and BeZero Carbon support the State of Wildfires Project to assess wildfire exposure impacts on forest carbon credit permanence across France and Spain.
7/28/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Pantheon Regeneration plans to restore a drained 23-square-mile peatland near Belhaven, North Carolina, to reduce carbon emissions and wildfire risk.
9/9/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
U.K. conservation groups reintroduce beavers during increased flood risk from climate-driven rainfall patterns, using wetland storage to reduce downstream flooding.
5/21/2026 • Adaptation & Resilience • General