Ancient wetlands provide new insight into global carbon cycle
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 12:20
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have unearthed and pieced together evidence on more than 1,000 ancient wetland sites from across the globe, that are presently covered by fields, forests and lakes. Although vanished from the Earth's surface, these buried sites could explain some of the differences between global carbon cycle models and real-life observations.