DAKAR, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Two large lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are releasing carbon that has been ‌locked away for thousands of years in surrounding peatlands, scientists said, ‌in what ...

In the heart of the Congo Basin's Cuvette Centrale, a large depression that hosts the world's largest tropical wetland complex, lie two vast, shallow blackwater lakes, Lake Tumba and Lake Mai Ndombe.

Blackwater lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon into the atmosphere, a new study shows. Previously, scientists thought this carbon was safely stored in the surrounding ...

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 ...