Open AccessResilient Peatlands Keep Carbon Bogged Down
Author(s) -
Laura Poppick
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo135069
Subject(s) - peat , environmental science , carbon fibers , ecology , materials science , biology , composite number , composite material
Boreal peatlands contain some of the world’s largest reservoirs of soil carbon, and new research suggests some peatlands may hold on to that carbon even as the climate changes.