by faster | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Nature DATE: September 10, 2020 SNIP: Wildfires blazed along the Arctic Circle this summer, incinerating tundra, blanketing Siberian cities in smoke and capping the second extraordinary fire season in a row. By the time the fire season waned at the end of last...
by faster | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC News DATE: August 10, 2020 SNIP: The world’s peatlands will become a large source of greenhouse gases as temperatures rise this century, say scientists. Right now, huge amounts of carbon are stored in boggy, often frozen regions stretching across...
by faster | Aug 7, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: NASA DATE: August 7, 2020 SNIP: Abnormally warm temperatures have spawned an intense fire season in eastern Siberia this summer. Satellite data show that fires have been more abundant, more widespread, and produced more carbon emissions than recent seasons....
by faster | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: February 28, 2020 SNIP: The world’s largest tropical peatlands could be destroyed if plans go ahead to drill for oil under the Congo basin, according to an investigation that suggests draining the area would release the same amount of carbon...
by faster | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Purdue University DATE: November 19, 2018 SNIP: Ecosystems that host a carbon-dioxide rich type of soil called peat, known as peatlands, are the most efficient natural carbon sink on the planet. When undisturbed, they store more carbon dioxide than all other...