High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change

High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change

While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disproportionately contribute to the increase in mean temperature and the frequency of extreme events.

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Our global study shows #peatlands in both their wet and dry extremes capture greenhouse gases while soil bacterial and archaeal abundances are low. Peatlands with moderate moisture levels globally emit #CO2 and #N2O gases, while #bacteria and #archaea flourish. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92891-z

Interested in understanding how #soilmoisture drawback and #VPD changes impact #photosynthesis in a #drought affected temperate #peatland? Check out our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... Thanks to the team: Mohit Masta, June Skeeter, @jaanparn.bsky.social Sara Knox, T. Luke Smallman, and Ülo Mander

It’s been over a month since we published our work: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag..., on high latitude warming and its impact on #peatland #Ccycle. Posting it as my first on Bluesky. We found a CO2 fertilisation effect and reported on C residence time and allocation patterns.