Gusti Z. Anshari

Nov 10, 2024 | nature.com | Jennifer Bowen |Julie Shahan |Adibtya Asyhari |Nisa Novita |Gusti Z. Anshari |Clarice R. Perryman | +1 more

AbstractTropical wetlands and freshwaters are major contributors to the growing atmospheric methane (CH4) burden. Extensive peatland drainage has lowered CH4 emissions from peat soils in Southeast Asia, but the canals draining these peatlands may be hotspots of CH4 emissions. Alternatively, CH4 oxidation (consumption) by methanotrophic microorganisms may attenuate emissions.

Mar 8, 2024 | nature.com | Jennifer Bowen |Lihini I. Aluwihare |Gusti Z. Anshari

AbstractSoutheast Asian peatlands cover 0.2% of Earth’s land surface, but store one-tenth of all peat soil carbon globally. Recent deforestation and drainage have destabilized these carbon stores, increasing carbon inputs to aquatic and atmospheric reservoirs. Here we investigate the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on the aquatic fate of peat dissolved organic carbon (DOC) within networks of drainage canals overlying disturbed peatlands.