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Sep 2026
Co-evolution of wildfires and early Sphagnum-peatlands near the Cretaceous South Pole
Peatlands are important global carbon sinks but face increasing fire vulnerability under projected warmer and CO2-rich climate conditions. Past high-CO2 periods in Earth’s history serve as an important prospect to improve our understanding of fire regime changes and linked ecosystem responses. Here, we report wildfires...
Ulrich Salzmann, T. Bauersachs, J. Klages et al.
· Communications Earth & Envir... · 0 citations