Climate Change and Deforestation Threaten World’s Largest Tropical Peatland

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By Carbon BriefJan 26, 2018, 10:22 am167 pts
By Daisy Dunne Just over a year ago, scientists announced the discovery of the world's largest intact tropical peatland in a remote part of the Congo's vast swampy basin. The Cuvette Centrale peatlands stretch across an area of central Africa that is larger than the size of England and stores as much as 30…

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