Soil moisture and microbiome explain greenhouse gas exchange in global peatlands

作者：Jaan Pärn, Sandeep Thayamkottu, Maarja Öpik, Mohammad Bahram, Leho Tedersoo, Mikk Espenberg, John Davison, Kuno Kasak, Martin Maddison, Ülo Niinemets, Ivika Ostonen, Kaido Soosaar, Kristina Sohar, Martin Zobel, Ülo Mander · 发表于：Scientific Reports · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1038/s41598-025-92891-z · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology、Botany and Plant Ecology Studies、Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Earth's climate is tightly connected to carbon and nitrogen exchange between the atmosphere and ecosystems. Wet peatland ecosystems take up carbon dioxide in plants and accumulate organic carbon in soil but release methane. Man-made drainage releases carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide from peat soils. Carbon and nitrous gas exchange and their relationships with environmental conditions are poorly understood. Here, we show that open peatlands in both their wet and dry extremes are greenhouse gas sinks while peat carbon/nitrogen ratios are high and prokaryotic (bacterial and archaeal) abundances are low. Conversely, peatlands with moderate soil moisture levels emit carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, while prokaryotic abundances are high. The results challenge the current assumption of a uniform effect of drainage on greenhouse gas emissions and show that the peat microbiome of greenhouse-gas sources differs fundamentally from sinks.