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Claire C. Treat

Claire C. Treat

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
11142
World Ranking
8753
National Ranking
124

Overview

Claire C. Treat is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research is focused primarily on understanding the dynamics of climate change and permafrost, as well as peatlands and wetlands ecology. The scientist's work spans several fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with subfields covering Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Soil Science.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the study of cryospheric processes and environmental gas dynamics, including methane hydrates and related phenomena, and the effects of fire on ecosystems. Notable topics of study include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Recent publications highlight key aspects of carbon storage and feedback mechanisms in permafrost and peatland environments. Significant papers include:

  • Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks, 2021, Science Advances
  • Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic, 2022, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties, 2021, Global Change Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Miriam C. Jones, Maija E. Marushchak, Christina Biasi, Edward A. G. Schuur, and Guido Grosse. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach to studying complex environmental systems.

Claire C. Treat's work has been published repeatedly in several key scientific journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (6 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (5 publications)
  • Earth System Science Data (4 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (4 publications)
  • Nature Climate Change (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

    E. A. G. Schuur;A. D. McGuire;C. Schädel;C. Schädel;Guido Grosse

  • Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw.

    Gustaf Hugelius;Gustaf Hugelius;Julie Loisel;Sarah Chadburn;Robert B. Jackson

  • Peatlands in the Earth's 21st century climate system

    Steve Frolking;Julie Talbot;Miriam C. Jones;Claire C. Treat

  • Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic

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  • Potential carbon emissions dominated by carbon dioxide from thawed permafrost soils

    Christina Schädel;Martin K.-F. Bader;Edward A.G. Schuur;Christina Biasi

  • Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink

    J. Loisel;A. V. Gallego-Sala;Matthew J. Amesbury;Matthew J. Amesbury;G. Magnan

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks

    Umakant Mishra;Gustaf Hugelius;Eitan Shelef;Yuanhe Yang

  • Short‐term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland

    M. R. Turetsky;M. R. Turetsky;C. C. Treat;M. P. Waldrop;J. M. Waddington

  • Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrost soils and aquatic systems : A meta-analysis

    Jorien E. Vonk;Jorien E. Vonk;Suzanne E. Tank;Paul J. Mann;Robert G.M. Spencer

  • Temperature and peat type control CO2 and CH4 production in Alaskan permafrost peats

    Claire C. Treat;Wilfred M. Wollheim;Ruth K. Varner;Andrew S. Grandy

  • A simplified, data-constrained approach to estimate the permafrost carbon-climate feedback

    C.D Koven;E.A.G. Schuur;C Schädel;T. J Bohn

  • A pan-Arctic synthesis of CH 4 and CO 2 production from anoxic soil incubations

    Claire C. Treat;Susan M. Natali;Jessica Ernakovich;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties

    Anna Maria Virkkala;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Brendan M. Rogers;Torbern Tagesson;Torbern Tagesson

  • Nongrowing season methane emissions-a significant component of annual emissions across northern ecosystems.

    Claire C. Treat;A. Anthony Bloom;Maija E. Marushchak

  • Timescale dependence of environmental and plant-mediated controls on CH4 flux in a temperate fen.

    Claire C. Treat;Claire C. Treat;Jill L. Bubier;Ruth K. Varner;Patrick M. Crill

  • Effects of permafrost aggradation on peat properties as determined from a pan-Arctic synthesis of plant macrofossils

    C. C. Treat;C. C. Treat;M. C. Jones;P. Camill;A. Gallego-Sala

  • Widespread global peatland establishment and persistence over the last 130,000 y

    Claire C. Treat;Claire C. Treat;Thomas Kleinen;Nils Broothaerts;April S. Dalton

  • The importance of plants for methane emission at the ecosystem scale

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  • Rapid carbon loss and slow recovery following permafrost thaw in boreal peatlands.

    Miriam C. Jones;Jennifer W. Harden;Jonathan A. O'Donnell;Kristen L. Manies

  • The positive net radiative greenhouse gas forcing of increasing methane emissions from a thawing boreal forest-wetland landscape

    Manuel Helbig;Laura E. Chasmer;NatasCha Kljun;William L. Quinton

  • Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrostsoils and aquatic systems: a meta-analysis

    Jorien Vonk;Suzanne Tank;Paul Mann;Robert Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Miriam C. Jones
Miriam C. Jones United States Geological Survey
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Christina Schädel
Christina Schädel Northern Arizona University
Gustaf Hugelius
Gustaf Hugelius Stockholm University
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Zicheng Yu
Zicheng Yu Lehigh University
Susan M. Natali
Susan M. Natali Woods Hole Research Center

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