Urgency: Quantifying fluvial carbon losses following the catastrophic 2009 peat swamp forest fires of Kalimantan, Borneo.

热带泥炭地是碳含量极高的生态系统，目前很容易受到人类和气候变化造成的不稳定影响。它们含有50-70GT的碳(占地球土壤中所有碳含量的3%)，但快速的土地利用变化(森林砍伐、排水)和随之而来的火灾正在迅速释放这些碳。2009年旱季(5月至10月)已被证明是自1997年以来最严重的火灾事件之一。截至2009年10月7日，大火仍在继续燃烧。没有关于此类事件后河流碳损失的数据。该项目将建立在前两个典型的雨季和旱季已经收集的数据的基础上，在本旱季火灾结束后立即收集河流相碳的数据。将使用最新的技术进步收集和分析样本，以充分了解强烈火灾后水中碳的来源(泥炭或植被)和数量。

Tropical peatlands are extremely carbon rich ecosystems that are currently vulnerable to destabilisation through human and climate induced changes. They contain 50-70 Gt carbon (3% of all the carbon that is contained within Earth's soils) but rapid land use changes (deforestation, drainage) and consequent fire are rapidly releasing this. The dry season of 2009 (May-October) has already proved to be one of the most intense fire events since 1997. As of the 7th of October 2009, fires continue to burn. No data exist on fluvial carbon losses following such events. This project will build on data already collected during two previous typical rainy and dry seasons by collecting data on fluvial carbon immediately following the end of this dry season's fires. Samples will be collected and analysed using the latest technical advances to gain a full understanding of both the source (peat or vegetation) and quantity of carbon in water following intense fire.