New study with contributions from ICOS Sweden scientists at Lund University, LU, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, was published in Nature Climate Change.

In a future warmer climate, evaporation from the northern hemisphere's wetlands will increase significantly more than previously known.

Read the full news release at the LU startpage or access the full original paper.

Helbig, M., Waddington, J.M., Alekseychik, P. et al. Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0763-7