A failed farming venture cut 50 miles of ditches through a North Carolina peatland; the 23-square-mile tract now emits 130,000 tons of CO₂ a year, and scientists plan to flood it again

For thousands of years, layers of partially decomposed plants accumulated beneath a vast wetland in North Carolina, creating a deep store of carbon. That changed when an abandoned farming venture carved about 50 miles of drainage ditches through the land, lowering the water table and exposing the ancient peat to air.

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