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One of Africa’s most valuable carbon sinks is beneath our feet

Peatlands are huge carbon sinks, absorbing more carbon than they release into the atmosphere, and have been crucial in slowing planetary warming.

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by BIRD STORY AGENCY

Health03 September 2023 - 19:32
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Mauro Lourenco.

Peatland ecosystems create almost mystical environments. Spongy, water-logged peat shifts as one moves across the surface, threatening to swallow an individual moving through vegetation above the unstable ground.

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