Carbon, Water, and Environmental Pollution in Forests, Wetlands, and Water Bodies Under Climate Change
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2027 | Viewed by 61
Editors
Interests: climate change; land ecosystems; forest; peatland; stable carbon isotopes; aerosols
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Interests: environmental pollution; metals and metalloids; rare earth elements (REEs); phytoremediation; forest fungi
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is reshaping the structure and functioning of forested landscapes worldwide, with important consequences for water cycling, carbon storage, greenhouse gas exchange, biodiversity conservation, and broader ecosystem processes. Forests, peatlands, wetlands, and adjacent water bodies are closely interconnected components of the landscape, linked through hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological interactions. Understanding these linkages is essential for assessing ecosystem resilience and predicting responses to changing precipitation regimes, rising temperatures, drought, and extreme weather events.
This Special Issue aims to bring together original research, reviews, and case studies addressing the effects of climate change on water, carbon, and ecosystem processes in forests, peatlands, wetlands, and water bodies. We welcome contributions focused on greenhouse gas fluxes, carbon and nutrient cycling, hydrological shifts, vegetation responses, ecosystem feedback mechanisms, and interactions among terrestrial and aquatic components of the landscape.
This Special Issue seeks to advance interdisciplinary understanding of climate-driven changes in interconnected forest and wetland landscapes and to support science-based strategies for their conservation and sustainable management in a rapidly changing world.
Dr. Kamila M. Harenda
Dr. Patrycja Mleczek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- land ecosystems
- forest
- peatland
- stable carbon isotopes
- aerosols
- environmental pollution
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