Climate Change – Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year (Yuanyuan Huang, Yingping Wang, WEF)

  • Peatlands cover just 3% of the Earth’s total land surface but they store over one-third of the planet’s soil carbon.
  • If peatlands dry out, they could release an additional 860 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, by around 2100.
  • To stop this from happening, peatlands need to be restored.
  • Two research scientists explain how.

Peatlands are drying out and it’s bad news for the climate | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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