Scientists have discovered the largest swath of tropical peatland on the planet in the Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of Congo. wapo.st/3dUGAJi
The peatland, which stretches into neighboring Republic of Congo, holds at least as much carbon as the entire world emits in three years of burning fossil fuels. wapo.st/3dUGAJi
The Post’s @maxbearak traveled in a dugout canoe to Ikenge, a remote village in the heart of the peatlands, where peat has accumulated over thousands of years. wapo.st/3dUGAJi
Industrializing countries around the world drained and dried their peatlands, releasing immense wafts of carbon dioxide. If Congo does the same, hundreds of millions or even billions of tons of carbon dioxide would be emitted into the atmosphere. wapo.st/3dUGAJi 
In the third installment of the Invisible series, The Post explores the pressures Congo faces to preserve its peatlands or develop them for profit, releasing an enormous carbon bomb into the atmosphere. wapo.st/3dUGAJi
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