Peat – drying out ?
by Lewis, 25 October, 2019, 0 comments
The blog has reported on moorland fires and the importance of peat-based ecosystems on a number of occasions. However, a new report has raised serious concerns about the state of peatlands, not just in the U.K but across Europe and Scandinavia. Many ‘peatlands are in a dry and fragile state’, so that rather than acting as natural carbon sinks, they start to release carbon. Peatlands actually store about five times more carbon than forests (across Europe). Read more...
