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Lundi

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This is peatland near Lundi in Estonia. Peatlands are the most space-efficient carbon storage of all ecosystems; they cover only 3 percent of the terrestrial earth surface yet store 550 gigatons of carbon (Parish et al., 2008).

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Tilo Arnhold/UFZ

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