Urgency: Quantifying fluvial carbon losses following the catastrophic 2009 peat swamp forest fires of Kalimantan, Borneo.

紧迫性：量化 2009 年婆罗洲加里曼丹泥炭沼泽森林灾难性火灾后河流碳损失。

• 批准号: NE/H014012/1
• 负责人: Vincent Gauci
• 金额: $ 7.13万
• 依托单位: The Open University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FH014012%2F1
• 关键词: Urgency; Quantifying; fluvial; carbon; losses

Tropical peatlands are extremely carbon rich ecosystems that are currently vulnerable to destabilisation through human and climate induced changes. They contain 50-70 Gt carbon (3% of all the carbon that is contained within Earth's soils) but rapid land use changes (deforestation, drainage) and consequent fire are rapidly releasing this. The dry season of 2009 (May-October) has already proved to be one of the most intense fire events since 1997. As of the 7th of October 2009, fires continue to burn. No data exist on fluvial carbon losses following such events. This project will build on data already collected during two previous typical rainy and dry seasons by collecting data on fluvial carbon immediately following the end of this dry season's fires. Samples will be collected and analysed using the latest technical advances to gain a full understanding of both the source (peat or vegetation) and quantity of carbon in water following intense fire.

热带泥炭地是碳含量极其丰富的生态系统，目前很容易因人类和气候引起的变化而不稳定。它们含有 50-70 Gt 碳（地球土壤中所含碳总量的 3%），但快速的土地利用变化（森林砍伐、排水）以及随之而来的火灾正在迅速释放这些碳。 2009年的旱季（5月至10月）已被证明是自1997年以来最严重的火灾事件之一。截至2009年10月7日，火灾仍在继续燃烧。没有关于此类事件后河流碳损失的数据。该项目将以之前两个典型雨季和旱季收集的数据为基础，在旱季火灾结束后立即收集河流碳数据。将使用最新的技术进步来收集和分析样品，以充分了解剧烈火灾后水中碳的来源（泥炭或植被）和数量。