Soil needs to be dried in order to determine water content, soil organic carbon content (SOC) and total nitrogen content (N). Water content is commonly measured using standard methods that involve drying temperatures of ...

Drainage turns peatlands from natural carbon sinks into hotspots of greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions from soils due to alterations in hydrological and biogeochemical processes. As a consequence of drainage-induced mineralisation ...

Peat and other organic soils (e.g., organo-mineral soils) show distinctive volume changes through desiccation and wetting. Important processes behind volume changes are shrinkage and swelling. There is a long history of ...