Climate change is predicted to have a big impact on wetland ecosystems, specifically in northern latitudes. Wetlands are important for different species and provide different ecosystem services. This literature study investigated what effects climate change has on boreal wetlands species composition and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, and how this can in turn enhance global warming. Thirteen studies were used to construct a causal loop diagram (CLD). The result indicates that less CO2 will be accumulated together with increases in CO2 emissions, reduced CH4 emissions and species composition will change towards more woody plants. There could be correlations between the changes in species and less accumulated carbon, and the GHG emissions from boreal wetlands can enhance global warming. According to this literature review, there is still a lot of research needed about wetlands in the boreal zone and how they are affected by climate change.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-215351 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Garnell, Annie |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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