Peat fires could accelerate climate change: researchers
In 1997, a forest fire in Indonesia ignited an area of peatlands that smouldered for months. By the time it was over, the fire had released greenhouse gases equal to 20 to 40 percent of the total worldwide emissions that year from fossil fuels....
Source: PhysOrg - Sunday, 19 February
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