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Climate change and population growth: key factors in the decline of Easter Island’s civilization

The collapse of civilizations has always attracted our attention: entire books, films and thousands of legends have been dedicated to it. What makes some human populations disappear and others not? Is it related to climate crises and pandemics like the current ones?

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CREAF researchers study climate change-induced permafrost melt in Arctic peat bogs in Alaska

The main carbon store in the planet’s soil is peat, a deposit of plant origin found in water-saturated areas called peat bogs or peatlands. In total, peatlands contain over 550 gigatons of carbon in the form of partially decomposed plant matter, representing 42% of all soil carbon worldwide.

Alaska @en Climate change Co2 @en Co2 captation Emissions @en Nutrients @en Olga margalef @en Oriol grau @en Paleoclima @en Permafrost @en Phosphor Sergi pla-rabes @en