Wetlands in Canada’s boreal forest contain deep deposits of carbon-rich soils, made up of decomposed vegetation (peat) that has accumulated over thousands of years. Globally, peatlands store twice as much carbon as all of the world’s forests combined. Protecting this carbon store is critical in the fight against climate change. But the amazing capacity of boreal peatlands to store carbon is being curbed by oil and gas exploration. Our recent study in the journal Nature Commun