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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Lukas Schuster from Deakin University and co-authors in Australia and Singapore carried out a global meta-analysis to quantify timescales of
net ecosystem carbon exchange and GHG fluxes in restored wetlands. They find that most restored wetlands are net carbon sinks within 5 years of restoration. However, when considering the
atmospheric properties of various GHGs, restored peatlands take on average 525 years to have a net cooling effect on the climate (141 years for non-peat wetlands). Therefore, wetland
restoration cannot directly contribute to meeting the short-term climate goals of the Paris Agreement and priority should be given to conserving and protecting natural freshwater wetlands in
the first place. ORIGINAL REFERENCE: _Sci. Tot. Environ_. 922, 171218 (2024) This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your
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wetland sink recovery. _Nat. Clim. Chang._ 14, 309 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01985-5 Download citation * Published: 10 April 2024 * Issue Date: April 2024 * DOI:
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