British Soil Is Battlefield Over Peat, for Bogs’ Sake
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British Soil Is Battlefield Over Peat, for Bogs’ Sake
Oct 6, 2012
NY TimesElisabeth Rosenthal
Just how deep is peat? Peat can range in depth, with our lowland bogs typically 5 to 10 metres deep and our blanket bogs up to 5 metres. Peat depth increases by up to around one millimetre each year, meaning that a metre of peat can take 1,000 years or longer to form! It takes 50 years to lock up carbon equal to the weight of a two-litre bottle of water in a square metre of peat. In 1,000 years, this will have locked up about 40 kg of carbon, the weight of 20 full bottles. Peatland restoration i
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Just how deep is peat? Peat can range in depth, with our lowland bogs typically 5 to 10 metres deep and our blanket bogs up to 5 metres. Peat depth increases by up to around one millimetre each year, meaning that a metre of peat can take 1,000 years or longer to form! It takes 50 years to lock up carbon equal to the weight of a two-litre bottle of water in a square metre of peat. In 1,000 years, this will have locked up about 40 kg of carbon, the weight of 20 full bottles. Peatland restoration i
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Environmentalists fight to protect peat bogs essential to balancing carbon emissions
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Environmentalists fight to protect peat bogs essential to balancing carbon emissions
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Bog with grass and moss and trees. Swamp landscape. Peatland in wet. Wild mire, wamps and Peat Bogs. Swampy land and wetland, marsh, bog. Marshland after peat extraction. Bog on Flooded field.
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Bog with grass and moss and trees. Swamp landscape. Peatland in wet. Wild mire, wamps and Peat Bogs. Swampy land and wetland, marsh, bog. Marshland after peat extraction. Bog on Flooded field.
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Bog with grass and moss and trees. Swamp landscape. Peatland in wet. Wild mire, wamps and Peat Bogs. Swampy land and wetland, marsh, bog. Marshland after peat extraction. Bog on Flooded field.
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Bog with grass and moss and trees. Swamp landscape. Peatland in wet. Wild mire, wamps and Peat Bogs. Swampy land and wetland, marsh, bog. Marshland after peat extraction. Bog on Flooded field.
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Drone view of peat bog and peatlands. A vast peat extraction field. Nature protection. Environmental degradation. Area drained of mire are used for peat extraction. Drainage and destruction of bogs.
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Drone view of peat bog and peatlands. A vast peat extraction field. Nature protection. Environmental degradation. Area drained of mire are used for peat extraction. Drainage and destruction of bogs.
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Do you know the many benefits of peat bogs? These wetlands, often thousands of years old, are less known! Thanks to the support of numerous partners, we recently tripled the protected area of the Great Jacques-Cartier Bog, near Quebec City! One of the most efficient bogs for storing atmospheric carbon in southern Quebec – a remarkable ally against climate change! Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21wEv6N | Nature Conservancy of Canada / Conservation de la nature Canada
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Peat bogs are so wet, and contain so little oxygen, that when plants die and fall into the bog, they’re unable to decompose. That means that all the carbon is kept in the wetland, rather than being released as the organic matter breaks down. But when drained or mined, peat bogs go from being a carbon sink to a carbon source, releasing centuries of carbon into the atmosphere. In this reel, find out what you can do instead as a home gardener. SUBSCRIBE to planet maine at mainepublic.org/planetmain
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Aerial view of a large peat bog harvesting site with long parallel rows of extracted peat, wooden pallets, and covered stacks stretching across the landscape.
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Many growers don’t realize how peat is responsibly harvested. Even fewer know how peat bogs are restored afterward. Environmentally responsible companies like Sun Gro® Horticulture safeguard Canadian peatlands through well-managed restoration. Only bogs that can be returned to functioning wetlands, wildlife habitats, or farmland are selected for harvest, and a natural peat layer is left to support regeneration. #sustainablity #growgreen #sungro #urchoice1 | Sun Gro Horticulture
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A peat bog restoration project in Northern Ireland is helping to create cleaner drinking water while tackling climate change. The bog is located on the shores of Lough Bradan in County Tyrone, which supplies the Omagh and Drumquin areas with water. #COP26BBC | BBC News NI
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Aerial view of damaged peat bog shows environmental impact of extraction, highlighting need for conservation and sustainable practices
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Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth’s atmosphere, but that could end with warming and development
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