Above the canopy: The peatland rainforest towers aiming to transform climate science

Michael Holder
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The view from the top of APRIL's greenhouse gas monitoring tower in Sumatra | Credit: Michael Holder
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The view from the top of APRIL's greenhouse gas monitoring tower in Sumatra | Credit: Michael Holder

In the Sumatran rainforest, scientists are discovering emissions from land-use, peatland and forestry may be far more complicated than many think

Down on the ground, surrounded by a cacophony of flora and fauna, Indonesia's rainforests positively hum with life, from tigers, crocodiles and sun bears, to clouded leopards, macaques, and some of the...

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