Alpine peatlands – like this one in the Lungau region of the Austrian Alps – are important carbon sinks and habitats, but they are also small, scattered and difficult to monitor. (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Alpine peatlands – like this one in the Lungau region of the Austrian Alps – are important carbon sinks and habitats, but they are also small, scattered and difficult to monitor.

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Alpine peatlands – like this one in the Lungau region of the Austrian Alps – are important carbon sinks and habitats, but they are also small, scattered and difficult to monitor.

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Simon Drollinger

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