Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands

@RewildScotland Worth a read … from Liverpool Univerity, supported by similar research from Newcastle and Oxford Univerity https://t.co/ZwR9vQOZd3

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RT @baird_andy: 'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn0…

RT @baird_andy: 'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn0…

RT @baird_andy: 'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn0…

RT @baird_andy: 'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn0…

RT @baird_andy: 'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn0…

RT @baird_andy: 'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn0…

RT @baird_andy: 'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn0…

'Validity of managing peatlands with fire' - some comments on this debate here: https://t.co/t5ySy6prQ5 or https://t.co/Kn09J2s0uv Wet peatlands don't burn or burn less. Managing them for heather is not a good idea.

@bobathon @guyshrubsole @ZacGoldsmith @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @Natures_Voice @DefraGovUK @GeorgeMonbiot @ACameronFOE @RuthTingay https://t.co/Qr9wxDhBzX

@Leeds_LEAF @SoGLeeds @UniversityLeeds Manuscript released from #wrro https://t.co/EY8T3VlQOK #openaccess

@WildtalkP @MoorlandAssoc @ReviveCoalition Its 2019! https://t.co/MtpOkjVVc3

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

RT @baird_andy: Thanks. Can you confirm, therefore, that your study cannot say anything about whether or not managed burning leads to *net…

Thanks. Can you confirm, therefore, that your study cannot say anything about whether or not managed burning leads to *net C accumulation*. Phrases in your paper such as "sustained C sequestration", "peat growth rates", "peat & C accumulation rates" im

@baird_andy @AndreasHeinem Misrepresents the paper https://t.co/1kzbohGAbc content: the terminology in @baird_andy et al. the Marrs et al. present how RERCA (recent peat mass and C) varied across adjacent 60-year managed experimental plots in this across l

RT @baird_andy: 3/n Our work also means that studies (e.g. https://t.co/WW7U5eal30, https://t.co/ORFp3ArFTu) using short, near-surface peat…

RT @AndreasHeinem: 5) Important: @rchiverrell Marrs et al paper compare treatments within a block design at the same site! So any potential…

RT @AndreasHeinem: 5) Important: @rchiverrell Marrs et al paper compare treatments within a block design at the same site! So any potential…

5) Important: @rchiverrell Marrs et al paper compare treatments within a block design at the same site! So any potential drainage impacts on lower peat layers would be or would have been similar between burnt & unburnt, see https://t.co/Opo8cuSNzA

3/n Our work also means that studies (e.g. https://t.co/WW7U5eal30, https://t.co/ORFp3ArFTu) using short, near-surface peat cores to calculate C balance of peatlands under managed burning are in error. @rchiverrell @AndreasHeinem

RT @ScotGamekeepers: Moray wildfire (pic of aftermath) burned for days after starting in area of high fuel load where #muirburn was prohibi…

RT @ScotGamekeepers: Moray wildfire (pic of aftermath) burned for days after starting in area of high fuel load where #muirburn was prohibi…

RT @ScotGamekeepers: Moray wildfire (pic of aftermath) burned for days after starting in area of high fuel load where #muirburn was prohibi…

Moray wildfire (pic of aftermath) burned for days after starting in area of high fuel load where #muirburn was prohibited for 3 yrs and restricted for 10. High fuel loads contribute to fire severity. https://t.co/Qr9wxDhBzX https://t.co/ivduAGUMha

RT @Leeds_LEAF: scientists @SoGLeeds @UniversityLeeds question the validity of research suggesting that #peatlands should be managed with #…

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Critical exchange on peatland burning: Matters Arising: https://t.co/yfZPvUpB8J Reply: https://t.co/xjTtY9fojr O…

Notably no real critique of the science. Interesting exchange. Many assumptions...we all hope that rewetting will prevent wildfires and peat C loss but will it? And always? Evidence is needed...

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Critical exchange on peatland burning: Matters Arising: https://t.co/yfZPvUpB8J Reply: https://t.co/xjTtY9fojr O…

RT @Leeds_LEAF: scientists @SoGLeeds @UniversityLeeds question the validity of research suggesting that #peatlands should be managed with #…

RT @Leeds_LEAF: scientists @SoGLeeds @UniversityLeeds question the validity of research suggesting that #peatlands should be managed with #…

scientists @SoGLeeds @UniversityLeeds question the validity of research suggesting that #peatlands should be managed with #fire https://t.co/xYdFjh25ja

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Critical exchange on peatland burning: Matters Arising: https://t.co/yfZPvUpB8J Reply: https://t.co/xjTtY9fojr O…

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Critical exchange on peatland burning: Matters Arising: https://t.co/yfZPvUpB8J Reply: https://t.co/xjTtY9fojr O…

NGeo: Critical exchange on peatland burning: Matters Arising: https://t.co/yfZPvUpB8J Reply: https://t.co/xjTtY9fojr Original article: https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL

@colinoutnabout @Gameandwildlife @MarkAvery Tree part answered. Research showed trees/hares conflict. Plants and carbon, see: https://t.co/Qr9wxDhBzX As a productive land use, trade-offs are comparatively sound balanced with other productive land uses but

@ACameronFOE Have you seen this: https://t.co/qZ80xRFWYh

RT @NatureGeosci: Our two recent articles on wildfires, focusing on impacts of fires in disturbed ecosystems. Bowd et al https://t.co/RJFw…

RT @NatureGeosci: Our two recent articles on wildfires, focusing on impacts of fires in disturbed ecosystems. Bowd et al https://t.co/RJFw…

RT @NatureGeosci: Our two recent articles on wildfires, focusing on impacts of fires in disturbed ecosystems. Bowd et al https://t.co/RJFw…

Our two recent articles on wildfires, focusing on impacts of fires in disturbed ecosystems. Bowd et al https://t.co/RJFwtu25LX Marrs et al https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL https://t.co/EtmWRjiO3z

RT @ecoevoenviro: New paper from Rob Marrs and colleagues on long term study of moor burn - fast rotation burning always damaging to peat a…

New paper from Rob Marrs and colleagues on long term study of moor burn - fast rotation burning always damaging to peat and #carbon - compromise is once nearly every 20 years #ecology #game #grouse https://t.co/qyJmCCrkRG

Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands - https://t.co/CqG3uvqAmn #NERCpapers

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Prescribed burning on peatlands is not necessarily damaging https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL https://t.co/azJghWm8iP

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Prescribed burning on peatlands is not necessarily damaging https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL https://t.co/azJghWm8iP

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Prescribed burning on peatlands is not necessarily damaging https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL https://t.co/azJghWm8iP

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Prescribed burning on peatlands is not necessarily damaging https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL https://t.co/azJghWm8iP

Hmmmm... Interesting... 🤔 Looking forward to read the whole article next week. #peatlands #landmanagement

RT @NatureGeosci: NGeo: Prescribed burning on peatlands is not necessarily damaging https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL https://t.co/azJghWm8iP

NGeo: Prescribed burning on peatlands is not necessarily damaging https://t.co/O3wg9R21CL https://t.co/azJghWm8iP

Interesting paper by @robmarrs1 etal challenging the perception that all burning is detrimental to #peatlands; instead, appropriate prescribed #burning can both mitigate #wildfire risk in a warmer world and produce relatively fast C sequestration. https:

RT @rchiverrell: Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn…

RT @MedForLab: New paper out! Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands https://t.co/etBDCeJ…

RT @MedForLab: New paper out! Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands https://t.co/etBDCeJ…

RT @rchiverrell: Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn…

RT @rchiverrell: Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn…

RT @rchiverrell: Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn…

RT @rchiverrell: Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn…

must have a look at this...

“we quantify the effects of prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands and show that the impacts on peat and C accumulation rates are not as bad as is widely thought”

@Rxfire is needed in peatlands for optimal C sequestration Quemas prescritas en turberas para aumentar almacenamiento de C https://t.co/niUNglNGLP

RT @rchiverrell: Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn…

Very interesting...

RT @mammuthus: I can see this new paper generating a lot of discussion after the summer's moorland fires and the passionate debates over up…

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

New paper out! Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands https://t.co/etBDCeJfdy

RT @rchiverrell: Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn…

Accessible version: Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands: managed burn impacts for C accumulation rates are not as bad as is widely thought @NERCscience @NERCPlanetEarth @CEHScienceNews @heathertrust http

Heard this was in the pipeline -- awesome!

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

RT @mammuthus: I can see this new paper generating a lot of discussion after the summer's moorland fires and the passionate debates over up…

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

RT @rchiverrell: Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as…

Prescribed burning for lightly managed boreal moorlands produces impacts on peat and C accumulation rates that are not as bad as is widely thought.... new paper..... https://t.co/1kzbohGAbc

Paper might be of interest to @GeorgeMonbiot @blackgull @fireregimes @MarkAvery @ChrisGPackham @RSPBScience https://t.co/pdAooXk9hf

I can see this new paper generating a lot of discussion after the summer's moorland fires and the passionate debates over upland management regimes - suggests controlled fire isn't necessarily bad for carbon sequestration (except maybe at high frequency) h