Peatlands as a unique climatic hotspots

Sandra Slowinska, PhD1,2, Katarzyna Marcisz3,4, Michal M. Slowinski5, Krzysztof Blazejczyk6 and Mariusz Lamentowicz3, (1)Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Geoecology and Climatology, Warszawa, Poland, (2)Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, Department of Water Engineering and Management, Raszyn, Poland, (3)Adam Mickiewicz University, Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, PoznaƄ, Poland, (4)University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Bern, Switzerland, (5)Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences,, Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards, Warsaw, Poland, (6)Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Geoecology and Climatology, Warsaw, Poland