Innumerable trunks, including ancient ones, are found in the Mackenzie Delta. Researchers have resorted to high-precision satellite data and neural networks to map the unusual area.
Wood acts as a carbon sink and has a measurable impact on the proportions of greenhouse emissions and climate change. Yet accumulations of wood like the one mentioned above are often overlooked by society.
According to geomorphologist Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva, studies of such deposits are a young scientific field and are crucial for clarifying the processes that occur in river systems and the distribution of fallen wood.
According to recent estimates, the river delta is a natural repository of about 3.4 million tonnes of carbon, which is a huge figure on a global scale. Approximately the same amount is emitted into the atmosphere by 2.5 million cars every year.
