Canals Used To Drain Peatlands Are Underappreciated Hotspots For Carbon Emissions

A new study led by UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography postdoctoral scholar Jennifer Bowen finds that canals used to drain soggy peatlands in Southeast Asia are likely hotspots for greenhouse gas emissions. 

The results, published in Nature Geoscience and supported by the Scripps Institutional Postdoctoral...