A study has calculated that the most dense store of carbon in Amazonia is in underground peatlands and not in trees on the surface.
A research team used satellite data as well as field measurements to determine the most accurate estimates to date.
Protecting these landscapes is vital if efforts to curb climate change are to be successful, they added.
The findings appear a research letter: The distribution and amount of carbon in the largest peatland complex in Amazonia
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