Permafrost peatlands approaching tipping point

ScienceDaily
Mar 14, 2022, 4:06 pm338 pts
Researchers warn that permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia are much closer to a climatic tipping point than previous believed. The frozen peatlands in these areas store up to 39 billion tons of carbon -- the equivalent to twice that stored in the whole of European forests.

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