Spatiotemporal distribution of global peatland area during the Holocene

The global peatland area dataset comprises netCDF files, which consist of 12 sets of maps showing the global extent of peatlands at a spatial resolution of 0.5° × 0.5°. All maps are provided at 1,000-year time intervals between 12 and 1 ka BP. The peatland area files named “Peatland_area_BA_*” was reconstructed using the BA method, and the files named “Peatland_area_IDW_*” was reconstructed using the IDW method. The global peatland records included data on location, latitude, longitude, peat type, basal ages, and end ages. The pollen of Sphagnum records included latitude, longitude, Sphagnum content, and peat basal and end ages.