Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year
- Written by Yuanyuan Huang, Research Scientist , CSIRO
Peatlands, such as fens, bogs, marshes and swamps, cover just 3% of the Earth’s total land surface, yet store over one-third of the planet’s soil carbon. That’s more than the carbon stored in all other vegetation combined, including the world’s forests.
But peatlands worldwide are running short of water, and the...