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Changing wetland emissions provide the greatest source of uncertainty in global emissions estimates due to limited data for key tropical carbon sources and sinks, including the Congo Basin. Here we quantified changing swamp forest hydrology, forest productivity and greenhouse gas emissions between 2007 and 2024 using satellite Earth observation and emissions datasets. We show that swamp forests expanded from 195,345 km\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    to 222,467\u2009km\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    between 2007 and 2024, demonstrating a reversal of previously reported long\u2010term drying trends. The observed wetting trend increased productivity in both swamp and\n                    <jats:italic>terra firme<\/jats:italic>\n                    forests. Despite increasing methane emissions, wetland expansion reduced CO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2010equivalent emissions by 2 (95% CI; \u22122.94 to \u22121.12) million tonnes per year since 2007, highlighting the region's increasing role as a net carbon sink and its significance for global carbon budgets.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/gcb.70746","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,12]],"date-time":"2026-02-12T09:21:17Z","timestamp":1770888077000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Wetland Expansion Reduces\n                    <scp>\n                      CO\n                      <sub>2<\/sub>\n                    <\/scp>\n                    \u2010Equivalent Emissions and Strengthens the Congo Basin's Role as a Net Carbon Sink"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"32","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-8600-3784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aidan","family":"Byrne","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London  London UK"},{"name":"University College London  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jake","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London  London UK"},{"name":"University College London  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nathalie","family":"Pettorelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London  London UK"},{"name":"University College London  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/2016RG000517"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467\u2010022\u201027978\u20106"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5194\/gmd\u201010\u20102141\u20102017"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ngeo2486"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rse.2009.08.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","unstructured":"Byrne A.2025.\u201cCode and Data to: \u2018Wetland Expansion Increases the Congo Basin's role as a net carbon sink\u2019 (v1.0).\u201dZenodo.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.15623477."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.envpol.2024.124204"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41561\u2010022\u201000966\u20107"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/gcb.17436"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11027\u2010017\u20109774\u20108"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nature21048"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_13_1","unstructured":"Didan K.2021.MODIS\/Terra Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid V061 [Data set]. 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