For peat`s sake! Let`s chill out a bit and stop global warming.
(WorldNews Environment)

Permafrost peatlands of northern Finland where Carolina Voigt took core samples for her lab experiments. Credit: Carolina Voigt Carolina Voigt on a field trip in northern Finland. Credit: Carolina Voigt Global warming may have a new and worrisome source, scientists have discovered: the thawing permafrost of the Arctic. Climate change could soon cause ancient permafrost peatlands in the Far North to thaw and release their carbon into the atmosphere. And it`s not only an issue in the Arctic. New scientific analysis shows there are more than 1,000 underground peatlands across the globe that, if disturbed by natural or manmade activity, could release even more carbon. Twin studies led by the...