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Canada · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
Which peatland ecosystem, covering approximately 14 percent of the country's land area, stores vast amounts of carbon in waterlogged, acidic conditions?
Answer: Boreal peatlands — Canada's boreal peatlands, or muskeg, store an estimated 150 billion tonnes of carbon, making them one of the world's most significant terrestrial carbon sinks.
- A Temperate marshes
- B Alpine tundra
- C Boreal peatlands ✓
- D Prairie pothole wetlands
Canada's boreal peatlands, or muskeg, store an estimated 150 billion tonnes of carbon, making them one of the world's most significant terrestrial carbon sinks.