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Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth's atmosphere, but that could end with warming and development

  • Written by Julie Loisel, Assistant Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University
imageMore valuable than it looks.David Stanley/Flickr, CC BY

Peatlands are a type of wetland where dead plant material doesn’t fully decompose because it’s too soggy. In these ecosystems, peat builds up as spongy dark soil that’s sometimes referred to as sod or turf. Over thousands of years, yards-thick layers of peat accumulate and...

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