Dating of ancient peat in northern Sweden contribute to new insight into global carbon cycle
Published 26 February 2019 50000-year-old peat is seen as a dark layer buried under 2 m of sediment deposited by the Scandinavian ice sheet. Thorbjörg Sigfúsdóttir investigates the sediments at Rauvospakka in Norrbotten, N Sweden. Photo: H Alexanderson, Lund University. Scientists have unearthed and pieced together evidence on more than 1,000 ancient wetland sites from across the globe, that are p
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/dating-ancient-peat-northern-sweden-contribute-new-insight-global-carbon-cycle - 2025-07-25