Peatlands as climate tipping points
due to human activities such as agriculture, peat mining or road construction. The Congo Basin is one of the largest river basins in the world. It is largely characterized by tropical forests, but in the [...] about the origin and history of this peatland area, or about its carbon dynamics,” says Enno Schefuß, one of the main authors of the Nature article. “But this knowledge is crucial for evaluating the susceptibility [...] North and South America, Asia and Oceania. During the decomposition, the rainfall averaged around one meter less each year. It was only about 2,000 years ago that the situation became sufficiently stabilized
