Peatlands are vital for tackling climate change, yet scientists still haven't found them all

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Apr 28, 2026, 1:20 pm124 ptsTrending
Push a metal corer into a peatland and you pull up something remarkable: a dark, dense, sponge-like material made of partly decomposed plants. This peat is rich in carbon. In some places, that peat has been building up for thousands of years. Peatlands are the ecosystems where this happens.

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