Tropical Peatlands Are Burning Like Never Before in 2000 Years
After centuries of decline, tropical peatland fires have exploded in the past 100 years—driven largely by human activity and threatening massive carbon releases. (Lire plus...)
After centuries of decline, tropical peatland fires have exploded in the past 100 years—driven largely by human activity and threatening massive carbon releases. (Lire plus...)
A vast African peatland once thought stable is now leaking carbon thousands of years old. (Lire plus...)
A two-year field experiment conducted in the world’s northernmost cultivated peatland, in Pasvik in Finnmark, found that greenhouse gas emissions can be sharply reduced by raising and maintaining the water table between 25 and 50 centimeters below the soil surface. (Lire plus...)
Les tourbières couvrent 3 % de la surface du globe mais représentent 30 % du carbone total piégé dans les sols. Problème : le dérèglement climatique et les activités humaines affectent ces puits de carbone qui se mettent à relâcher des gaz à effet de…
Au Congo, le chercheur Simon Lewis a découvert une tourbière où des milliards de tonnes de carbone se sont accumulés. Une véritable bombe à retardement pour l'environnement.