The oldest extant tropical peatland in the world: a major carbon reservoir for at least 47 000 years

Tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia cover ∼25 million hectares and exert a strong influence on the global carbon cycle. Recent widespread peatland subsidence and carbon dioxide emissions in response to human activity and climate change have been well documented, but peatland genesis remains poorly...

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Main Authors: Monika Ruwaimana, Gusti Z Anshari, Lucas C R Silva, Daniel G Gavin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abb853