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Warmer conditions may be to blame for the exodus of peatland carbon to the oceans.

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Figure 1: Changing concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC).

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Figure 2: Peatland bog: northern peatlands remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere faster than it is released, so they now contain 20–30% of the world's soil carbon stock.

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, LL57 2UW, UK
    C. Freeman & N. Fenner
  2. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 3BB, UK
    C. D. Evans
  3. Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, London, WC1H 0AP, UK
    D. T. Monteith
  4. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, LL57 2UP, UK
    B. Reynolds

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  1. C. Freeman
  2. C. D. Evans
  3. D. T. Monteith
  4. B. Reynolds
  5. N. Fenner

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Freeman, C., Evans, C., Monteith, D. et al. Export of organic carbon from peat soils.Nature 412, 785 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35090628

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