From fire breaks to fire hazards: Human activity and climate change are transforming the world's peatlands
Monday, June 27, 2016 - 04:01
in Earth & Climate
The peat bogs of the world, once waterlogged repositories of dead moss, are being converted into fuel-packed fire hazards that can burn for months and generate deadly smoke, warns a McMaster researcher who documents the threat—and a possible solution—in a paper published today in the journal Scientific Reports.