A calculator for local peatland volume and carbon stock to support area planners and decision makers

IF 2.8 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Carbon Management Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI:10.1080/17583004.2023.2267018

Magni Olsen Kyrkjeeide, Marte Fandrem, Anders Lorentzen Kolstad, Jesamine Bartlett, Benjamin Cretois, Hanna Marika Silvennoinen

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Abstract

Conserving soil carbon is one of many actions to take in limiting global warming. However, carbon dense peatlands are still being drained or excavated. Infrastructure development is one of the major current threats to boral peatlands in Fennoscandia, but few tools are available for calculations of carbon stocks in peatland areas, necessary for decision makers planning development projects. Thus, we compiled a reference database of key peat characteristics from main boreal peatland types sampled in Norway and tested “best practice” peat depth sampling methods and peat volume interpolations. We implemented our findings in CarbonViewer, a tool and easy-to-use app that reliably calculates carbon stocks of delimited peatlands. Tool and method presented, estimates carbon stocks to assess potential soil carbon loss in planned infrastructure development on peatlands and will give decision makers the necessary knowledge base to limit emissions from soil carbon.

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一个计算当地泥炭地体积和碳储量的计算器，以支持地区规划者和决策者

保护土壤碳是限制全球变暖的众多行动之一。然而，碳密集的泥炭地仍在被排干或挖掘。基础设施发展是目前芬诺斯坎迪亚地区泥炭地面临的主要威胁之一，但是很少有工具可用于计算泥炭地地区的碳储量，这是决策者规划开发项目所必需的。因此，我们从挪威主要北方泥炭地类型中收集了关键泥炭特征的参考数据库，并测试了“最佳实践”泥炭深度采样方法和泥炭体积插值。我们在CarbonViewer中实现了我们的发现，这是一个工具和易于使用的应用程序，可以可靠地计算划定的泥炭地的碳储量。所提出的工具和方法估计了碳储量，以评估泥炭地规划的基础设施发展中潜在的土壤碳损失，并将为决策者提供限制土壤碳排放的必要知识基础。

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Carbon Management ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

CiteScore

5.80

自引率

3.20%

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期刊介绍： Carbon Management is a scholarly peer-reviewed forum for insights from the diverse array of disciplines that enhance our understanding of carbon dioxide and other GHG interactions – from biology, ecology, chemistry and engineering to law, policy, economics and sociology. The core aim of Carbon Management is it to examine the options and mechanisms for mitigating the causes and impacts of climate change, which includes mechanisms for reducing emissions and enhancing the removal of GHGs from the atmosphere, as well as metrics used to measure performance of options and mechanisms resulting from international treaties, domestic policies, local regulations, environmental markets, technologies, industrial efforts and consumer choices. One key aim of the journal is to catalyse intellectual debate in an inclusive and scientific manner on the practical work of policy implementation related to the long-term effort of managing our global GHG emissions and impacts. Decisions made in the near future will have profound impacts on the global climate and biosphere. Carbon Management delivers research findings in an accessible format to inform decisions in the fields of research, education, management and environmental policy.