Tag: Peatlands
‘Zombie fires’ in the Arctic: Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a...
Patrick Louchouarn, The Ohio State University
The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across large parts of the U.S....
To see how smoke affects endangered orangutans, we studied their voices...
Wendy M. Erb, Cornell University
Bornean orangutans are one of three orangutan species, all critically endangered. They thrive in...
Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth’s atmosphere, but...
Julie Loisel, Texas A&M University
Peatlands are a type of wetland where dead plant material doesn’t fully decompose because it’s too soggy. In these ecosystems,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
