Peatland lakes in Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old

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Feb 23, 2026, 5:00 am118 ptsTrending
Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon. To date, climate researchers had assumed that carbon was stored safely for millenia in the peat. How the carbon is mobilized from the…

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