Congo peat: The ‘lungs of humanity’ which are under threat
Carbon-rich peatlands are under threat from development, posing a risk for future climate change. …
Over the last decade, the close-knit team has spent months at a time camping in the remote swamps that border the giant Congo river, watching out for crocodiles, snakes and lowland gorillas – and mapping the contours of a giant slab of carbon-rich peat, which they now believe could cover an area significantly larger than England.
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