Permafrost peatlands are formed as eons of dead vegetation accumulate. (natureworldnews.com)
Indeed, the pessimists among them talk about the planet being on the brink of a «global pandemic» of wildfires as a vast tinderbox of flammable shrubs and dead vegetation accumulates in forests, brush and grassland. (newscientist.com)
In one case last July, workers for Petro Harvester, a small, Texas - based oil company, noticed a swath of dead vegetation in a field near one of the company's saltwater disposal lines. (scientificamerican.com)