Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin.
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Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
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Date de publication:
12 2022
12 2022
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received:
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10
2021
accepted:
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09
2022
pubmed:
4
11
2022
medline:
15
12
2022
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11
2022
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Résumé
The forested swamps of the central Congo Basin store approximately 30 billion metric tonnes of carbon in peat
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pubmed: 36323786
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05389-3
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-05389-3
pmc: PMC9729114
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Substances chimiques
Carbon
7440-44-0
Soil
0
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eng
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277-282Commentaires et corrections
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