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Minnesota bog study turns up the heat on peat

Experiment boosts temperature and carbon dioxide to gauge global-warming response.

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Witze, A. Minnesota bog study turns up the heat on peat. Nature 524, 397 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/524397a

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