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Peatland response to global change [1]

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Meter for meter, peatlands store more carbon
than any other terrestrial ecosystem. Covering only about 3% of Earth's
land area, they hold the equivalent of half of the carbon that is in
the atmosphere as CO2.

Publication Date: 
05/11/2009
Nancy B. Dise [2]
Science [3]
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Tags:
Peat [4], Carbon Dioxide [5], Ecosystems [6], Carbon Sequestration [7], Climate Change [8]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change