Rapid Growth of Huge Northern Bog Complex May Have Helped Kick-Start Past Global Warming

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Methane released by the massive northern peatlands complex in western Siberia contributed to global warming at the end of the Ice Age.
Methane released by the massive northern peatlands complex in western Siberia contributed to global warming at the end of the Ice Age.

Methane gas released by peat bogs in the northern-most third of the globe probably helped fuel the last major round of global warming, which drew the ice age to a close between 11,000 and 12,000 years ago, UCLA and Russian Academy of Sciences scientists have concluded.


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