Bazaruto ArchipelagoMozambique’s drowned peat forests rival neighbouring coral reefs for biodiversity.
No one knows how many peat reefs line the world’s coasts or how much carbon they hold.
Rising seas flooded coastal swamps, waves stripped the sand above, and marine life colonised the exposed peat.
Measurements of peat thickness, density and erosion rates will settle whether the reefs store or release carbon.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- frames the Bazaruto peat reefs as a carbon-store and policy question, noting biodiversity comparable to coral reefs
Sources: Phys.org