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Beneath the trees and networks of roots are the decomposed remains of plants that have been accumulating since the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago. It’s carbon that for millennia has been kept from circulating in our atmosphere.

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Scientists and conservation groups say it must remain intact to avoid increasing global warming. If it’s disturbed, it could wreak havoc on Canada’s net-zero emission goals and have a massive impact on the planet.

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Today at #COP26, @WWFCanada released the most detailed map ever produced of Canada’s carbon reservoirs, alongside an estimate of the amount of carbon stored in our forests, plants and soil: a staggering 384 billion tonnes.

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Manitoba and Ontario have the highest average densities by large margins because both provinces have some of Canada’s highest concentrations of peat, a type of soil that stores 20-30% of the world’s carbon in just 3% of its surface area.
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