Winton publishes two articles on peat deposits in South America



Peat core extraction using a Russian-style peat auger
Peat core extraction using a Russian-style peat auger
Peat core extraction using a Russian-style peat auger

Assistant Professor Scott Winton published two articles on his findings of substantial peat deposits in the Colombian Amazon and Orinoco regions in Environmental Research Letters and in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. These works demonstrate that vulnerable ecological carbon stores exist in regions previously unrecognized as supporting peat soil formation. This research was also featured in Mongabay.

Palm Swamp Peatland at edge of cattle pasture; taken by drone
Palm Swamp Peatland at edge of cattle pasture; taken by drone


Establishing a sampling plot in an open palm swamp peatland
Establishing a sampling plot in an open palm swamp peatland
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