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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on July 3 2010)

Peat

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The accumulation and decomposition of peat are greatly reated to global warming because of large carbon sinks.

Peat (泥炭)

peat Partially-decayed plant matter that are accumulated mostly in boreal wetlands, when the accumulation of plant matter is faster than the decomposition.

Type
  1. moss peat, mostly dominated by Sphagnum
  2. reed-sedge peat
  3. tropical peat, dominated by wood

The decomposition of peat is greatly related to global warming, because of carbon emission.

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