Dan K. Thompson

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed synthesis of autogenic hydrological feedbacks that operate within northern peatlands to regulate their response to changes in seasonal water deficit and varying disturbances is provided.

TL;DR: It is shown that wildfires in boreal permafrost peatlands influence soil temperature and seasonal thaw depth for several decades, and increase the rate of completepermafrost thaw along permaf frost edges.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors experimentally altered soil moisture profiles of peat monoliths collected from several vegetation types common in boreal bogs and used laboratory burn tests to examine the effects of depth-dependent variation in bulk density and moisture on depth of fuel consumption.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the historic and future frequency of such extreme fire weather events across 16 fire regime zones in the forested regions of Canada from 1970 to the year 2090, and found that the impact of future climate change in Canadian forests is sufficient to increase the number of days with active fire spread.

TL;DR: It is shown that the moderate drop in water table position predicted for most northern regions triggers a shift in vegetation composition previously observed within only severely disturbed tropical peatlands, which converted the low productivity, moss-dominated peatland to a non-carbon accumulating shrub-grass ecosystem.