Close-Up of a Peat-Moss Dominated Peat Patch (IMAGE)

Lehigh University

Close-Up of a Peat-Moss Dominated Peat Patch

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Scientists working on MacroSystem Biology's TundraPEAT project study the dynamics and formation processes of these initial peat-forming ecosystems across the Arctic and their carbon-cycle implications. Photo taken in summer 2013.

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Zicheng Yu, Lehigh University

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