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News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2026-07-lakes-ancient-carbon-congo-basin.html
Published on: Tuesday 14 July 2026
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.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Mai-Ndombe » People: Congo lakes are releasing ancient carbon, raising climate concerns, study says
News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/congo-lakes-are-releasing-ancient-carbon-raising-climate-concerns-study-says-2026-02-24/
Published on: Monday 23 February 2026
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 ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Mai-Ndombe » People: Lakes That 'Breathe' Ancient Carbon - a Surprising Find in the Congo Basin
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/lakes-that-breathe-ancient-carbon-a-surprising-find-in-the-congo-basin/ar-AA27WdhD
Published on: Tuesday 14 July 2026
In the heart of the Congo Basin's Cuvette Centrale, a large depression hosting the world's biggest tropical wetland complex, lie two vast, shallow blackwater lakes, Lake Tumba and Lake Mai Ndombe.