Does peatland rewetting mitigate flooding from extreme rainfall events?

Karimi, Shirin; Mosquera, Virginia; Maher Hasselquist, Eliza; Järveoja, Järvi; Laudon, Hjalmar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2599-2025

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19 Jun 2025

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Does peatland rewetting mitigate flooding from extreme rainfall events?

Shirin Karimi, Virginia Mosquera, Eliza Maher Hasselquist, Järvi Järveoja, and Hjalmar Laudon

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