Scientists Record Rapid Carbon Loss from Warming Peatlands (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists Record Rapid Carbon Loss from Warming Peatlands

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The highly instrumented SPRUCE enclosures measured the movement of carbon through peatland plots, recording that warmed peat bogs shifted from carbon accumulators to carbon emitters.

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ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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