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ArticleNature geoscience2026

Widespread peat carbon losses driven by the 2025 Scottish megafire.

Johanna Schoenecker, Martin J Baur, Juliana Kohli, Sarah Baker, Matthew Jones, Sander Veraverbeke, Alexandra G Konings, Adam F A Pellegrini

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Article in Nature geoscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Johanna SchoeneckerDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Martin J BaurDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1516-8602
Juliana KohliDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Sarah BakerWildFIRE Lab, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Matthew JonesTyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3480-7980
Sander VeraverbekeFaculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1362-5125
Alexandra G KoningsDepartment of Earth System Science, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2810-1722
Adam F A PellegriniDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0418-4129

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drier and warmer climates have allowed fires to increasingly burn carbon-dense peatland ecosystems. Here we document a 2025 Scottish megafire in the UK, which spread rapidly and burned severely across peatlands in Scotland with anomalously low soil moisture, emitting 38,600 MgC (25,200-119,000 MgC). Peat combustion contributed nearly 85% of total emissions, suggesting drier climates increase fire emissions from peat, which can require decades to centuries to recover.

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