{"673481":{"#nid":"673481","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"In Peatland Soil, a Warmer Climate and Elevated Carbon Dioxide Rapidly Alter Soil Organic Matter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthern peatlands store approximately one-third of Earth\u2019s terrestrial soil organic carbon due to their cold, water-saturated, and acidic conditions, which slow decomposition. To learn more, researchers \u2014 including School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 leveraged the SPRUCE experiment, where scientists can combine air and peat warming in a whole-ecosystem warming treatment. Peatlands build carbon stocks over centuries, but rising temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rapidly changed the equilibrium at SPRUCE within a 4-year timescale, highlighting the vulnerability of these carbon-rich ecosystems to global climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthern peatlands store approximately one-third of Earth\u2019s terrestrial soil organic carbon due to their cold, water-saturated, and acidic conditions, which slow decomposition. To learn more, researchers \u2014 including School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 leveraged the SPRUCE experiment, where scientists can combine air and peat warming in a whole-ecosystem warming treatment. Peatlands build carbon stocks over centuries, but rising temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rapidly changed the equilibrium at SPRUCE within a 4-year timescale, highlighting the vulnerability of these carbon-rich ecosystems to global climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-03-12 18:36:24","changed_gmt":"2024-03-12 18:36:24","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"U.S. Department of Energy","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/ber\/articles\/peatland-soil-warmer-climate-and-elevated-carbon-dioxide-rapidly-alter-soil","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175034","name":"peatlands"},{"id":"170346","name":"carbon cycle"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}