The Congo Basin, spanning six countries in Central Africa, contains the world’s largest tropical peatland complex. Mapping efforts published over the past decade have estimated that these peatlands ...

A new study finds that lakes are likely releasing carbon that’s been held in the peatlands of the Congo Basin for thousands of years. Scientists know these lakes release carbon dioxide, which until ...

Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 6, 2002). Produced by the AMNH Digital Library Project. Includes a multimedia introduction to the expedition, readings about the expedition and the Congo, and ...