Evaluating recent hydrological changes in Irish peatlands

气候变暖和人类活动的影响被认为是导致泥炭地干涸的原因，有可能将泥炭地从碳汇转化为碳源。该项目调查了爱尔兰泥炭地最近500年来的水文变化。结合新的有遗嘱的阿米巴衍生的地下水位重建以及过时的网站和现有的数据被用来检查最近的水文变化及其驱动程序在爱尔兰泥炭地在最近几个世纪。此外，泥炭地生态水文模型将用于确定这些水文变化的相对驱动因素。

Climate warming and human impacts are thought to be causing peatlands to dry, potentially converting them from sinks to sources of carbon. This project investigates recent hydrological changes in Irish peatlands over the last ~500 years. A combination of new testate amoebae-derived water-table reconstructions from well-dated sites and existing data are used to examine recent hydrological changes and their drivers in Irish peatlands in recent centuries. In addition, a peatland ecohydrological model will be used to determine the relative drivers of these hydrological changes.