{"id":21350,"date":"2026-02-27T05:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be-fr\/21350\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:08:11","slug":"les-lacs-tourbeux-du-bassin-du-congo-liberent-du-carbone-vieux-de-plusieurs-millenaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be-fr\/21350\/","title":{"rendered":"Les lacs tourbeux du bassin du Congo lib\u00e8rent du carbone vieux de plusieurs mill\u00e9naires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Deux lacs de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo lib\u00e8rent du carbone qui \u00e9tait emprisonn\u00e9 depuis des milliers d\u2019ann\u00e9es dans les tourbi\u00e8res environnantes, ce qui pourrait constituer une menace pour la stabilit\u00e9 climatique.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-paragraph\">Les\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/sciences\/les-tourbieres-des-zones-essentielles-pour-le-climat-meconnues-et-mal-protegees-20250217\" target=\"_blank\" data-fig-type=\"Article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\" data-fig-domain=\"LEFIGARO\">tourbi\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0couvrent \u00e0 peine plus de 3\u00a0% de la surface terrestre mais elles renferment 600\u00a0milliards de tonnes de carbone,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/sciences\/degradee-et-en-fort-recul-la-foret-amazonienne-a-cesse-d-etre-un-poumon-pour-la-planete-20251105\" target=\"_blank\" data-fig-type=\"Article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\" data-fig-domain=\"LEFIGARO\">bien plus que l\u2019ensemble des\u00a0for\u00eats du monde<\/a>. Ces zones, qui jouent donc un r\u00f4le essentiel dans le cycle du carbone et la r\u00e9gulation du climat, suscitent un int\u00e9r\u00eat croissant chez les scientifiques. Dans une \u00e9tude publi\u00e9e cette semaine dans la revue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41561-026-01924-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\">Nature Geoscience<\/a>, des chercheurs se sont int\u00e9ress\u00e9s aux zones humides du\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/sciences\/les-tourbieres-du-bassin-du-congo-une-chance-pour-le-climat-20231124\" target=\"_blank\" data-fig-type=\"Article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\" data-fig-domain=\"LEFIGARO\">bassin du Congo<\/a>\u00a0qui ont accumul\u00e9 au fil des mill\u00e9naires d\u2019\u00e9normes quantit\u00e9s de carbone. Et \u00ab\u00a0\u00e0 leur grande surprise\u00a0\u00bb, ils se sont rendu compte que ce carbone ancien, qu\u2019ils pensaient enfoui de fa\u00e7on stable, \u00e9tait au contraire peu \u00e0 peu rel\u00e2ch\u00e9 dans l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-paragraph\">Leurs travaux portent plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment sur deux lacs situ\u00e9s au c\u0153ur d\u2019une r\u00e9gion jusque-l\u00e0 peu \u00e9tudi\u00e9e appel\u00e9e Cuvette centrale, en\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/international\/dans-l-est-de-la-republique-democratique-du-congo-l-offensive-des-rebelles-menace-d-embraser-la-region-20251210\" target=\"_blank\" data-fig-type=\"Article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-gtm-custom-categorie=\"navigation\" data-gtm-custom-action=\"crossclick\" data-gtm-custom-label=\"Contextuel\" data-gtm-event=\"customEventSPE\" data-fig-domain=\"LEFIGARO\">R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo<\/a>. Cette immense zone de mar\u00e9cages et de tourbi\u00e8res \u00e9paisses par endroits de plus de cinq m\u00e8tres ne couvre que 0,3\u00a0% de\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"fig-premium-paywall__infos\">\n        Cet article est r\u00e9serv\u00e9 aux abonn\u00e9s.        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