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South America is Rich with Tropical Peat

A mapping effort found a great deal of new peat in tropical areas.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using data from Gumbricht, T., et al. (2017). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published December 19, 2017
Data acquired 2011

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Model
Space Shuttle > SRTM
Terra > MODIS