Widespread Peat (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Widespread Peat

Caption

Map of sampled northern peatlands. Each white square indicates a grid where at least one sample with a basal age exists. Black dots indicate samples with additional information on depth. Because there are fewer samples from Asia and Eastern Europe, previous estimates of peatland carbon storage are believed to have been biased.

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Adapted from Nichols and Peteet, 2019.

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