- Joined
- Mar 27, 2011
- Messages
- 16,924
- Reaction score
- 5,294
- Location
- Near the gargoyles
- Website
- www.alessandrakelley.com
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27492949
A vast peat bog, between 100,000 and 200,000 square kilometers in area, up to 7 meters deep, and thousands of years old, was recently discovered in Congo-Brazzaville.
The bog was spotted by satellite and confirmed with an expedition last month by a discovery team from the University of Leeds, the Wildlife Conservation Society-Congo and Congo-Brazzaville's Marien Ngouabi University.
Peat bogs are major carbon sinks, and cores taken from this bog should give vital information about the Earth's climate and carbon storage properties in the past.
A vast peat bog, between 100,000 and 200,000 square kilometers in area, up to 7 meters deep, and thousands of years old, was recently discovered in Congo-Brazzaville.
The bog was spotted by satellite and confirmed with an expedition last month by a discovery team from the University of Leeds, the Wildlife Conservation Society-Congo and Congo-Brazzaville's Marien Ngouabi University.
Peat bogs are major carbon sinks, and cores taken from this bog should give vital information about the Earth's climate and carbon storage properties in the past.
