Charcoal records reveal ‘unprecedented’ wildfires in tropical peatlands during 20th century. Peatlands store vast quantities of carbon below the Earth’s surface, but when they catch fire, large amounts of the stored carbon is released into the atmosphere.

Charcoal records reveal ‘unprecedented’ wildfires in tropical peatlands during 20th century. Peatlands store vast quantities of carbon below the Earth’s surface, but when they catch fire, large amounts of the stored carbon is released into the atmosphere.

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