T. Freudenthal

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...