Resources
Resources from around the web.
Peat groups and organizations
- Peatland Early Career Researcher (ECR) Action Team
- The Global Peatlands Initiative
- The International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG)
- The Greifswald Mire Centre
- Bogology: A fun site focused on peatland stratigraphy maintained by Matt Amesbury and Tom Roland.
Data repositories
- Peatland data hosted by McGill
Geographic Information Centre
- Derived from reports prepared for the Ontario Geological Survey by John Riley. Maps show the location of the cores described in the reports, and other peatlands in Ontario. There is a web form to request access to the data.
- Le Service
National d’Observation Tourbières (SNO Tourbières) data repository
- Database of results from four long-term peatland monitoring sites in France: La Guette (lowland central France), Landemarais (lowland oceanic western France), Frasne (upland continental eastern France) and Bernadouze (upland southern France). Described further in Gogo et al. (2021) Hydrological Processes 35(6), doi:10.1002/hyp.14244
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Free and open access to biodiversity data.
- Map of Life (MOL): Data on species and habitats worldwide.
- TRY Plant Trait Database: Repository / network of global plant trait data.
Press
- "Meet peat, the unsung hero of carbon capture". By Sabrina Imbler with illustrations by Eden Weingart, The New York Times, Feb 22, 2022. A nice popular introduction to peatlands.