Assessment of the climate mitigation potential of peatland rewetting (C05)

• Subject Area: Physical Geography
• Term: since 2025
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 531801029

We will incorporate peatland specific vegetation, hydrological and soil properties via in-situ-based parametrization and a cross-scale hybrid modelling framework into a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (DGVM, namely JSBACH4). By linking biogeochemical as well as local and nonlocal biogeophysical effects, we will be able to develop a tool for a comprehensive assessment of the contribution of temperate fen rewetting to mitigation of and adaptation to climate change.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 410: WETSCAPES2.0: sinks, links and legacies of novel ecosystems in rewetted fen landscapes
• Applicant Institution: Universität Greifswald
• Project Heads: Wolfgang Alexander Obermeier; Professorin Dr. Julia Pongratz