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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

The peat ban is coming. Will your favorite dram disappear with it?

"Our peatlands are this country's Amazon rainforest - home to our most precious wildlife, storing carbon and reducing flooding risk," U.K. Nature minister Mary Creagh said.
Food & drink
fromNature
3 weeks ago

How monitoring a remote Finnish peatland helps climate science

Siikaneva fen is crucial for studying methane emissions from peatlands in Finland.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

It takes 25 years for a footprint to disappear' the secret, beguiling magic of Britain's bogs

Bogs are vital ecosystems that provide essential services like carbon storage and water filtration.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

On Ireland's peat bogs: climate action clashes with tradition in pictures

"Rewetting bogs is all about reducing the carbon emissions from the bare peatlands," says Doreen King, emphasizing the importance of restoring natural ecosystems for carbon sequestration.
Renovation
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Green leader accuses Michael Healy-Rae of 'Trump-lite environmental madness' in row over peatlands

"Just to be crystal clear, a policy of planting on peatlands that we have spent years trying to restore, trying to preserve, this policy would be environmental madness."
UK politics
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

A win-win for farmers': how flooding fields in north-west England could boost crops

Using wet peatlands for agriculture can help combat climate change.
The concept of paludiculture is vital for restoring peatland ecosystems.
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