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，这可能使泥炭地从碳汇转变为碳源。该项目调查了过去500年来爱尔兰泥炭地最近的水文变化。结合从年代久远的地点和现有数据重建的新遗产阿米巴衍生的地下水位，用于检查近几个世纪以来爱尔兰泥炭地最近的水文变化及其驱动因素。此外，泥炭地生态水文模型将用于确定这些水文变化的相关驱动因素。

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.