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 ...

The vast swamps and peatlands of the tropics play an important role in the global carbon cycle and consequently in the global climate. The Amazon basin, the Congo basin, and the tropical wetlands of ...

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 ...