World Peatland Day honors a crucial ecosystem in the fight against climate change

Mongabay
Jun 2, 2026, 1:33 am188 ptsTrendingTop
Peatlands are boggy wet ecosystems found from boreal forests in the Russian Arctic to the tropics of central Africa. Typically, when vegetation decomposes it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. However, when that same organic matter falls in a bog and is covered with water, carbon gets trapped and…

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