British bogs store carbon equivalent to about 20 years' worth of national industrial emissions, the Trust says. But two centuries of damage in some regions mean bogs are drying out, releasing ...

Wet peat bogs store carbon that’s been sucked from the air by plants, but many bogs have been drained for farming. As drained peat dries, CO2 is produced - so in that sense peat’s causing a ...

Our peatlands store more carbon than all other vegetation types in the world combined and yet ... The UK contains 13% of the world’s peatlands, made up of fen, raised bog, and blanket bog. It is ...

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That's according to Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill, presenter of a new BBC Northern Ireland documentary on the secret life of bogs. In his new Irish language series, Rúin na bPortach (Secrets Of The Peat ...

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Each acre can store up to twice as much carbon as tropical ... Peatlands, which include bogs and fens, are waterlogged landscapes that hold vast stores of carbon in their soil.

Truck driver Kym Mozol has travelled it for years, making the 28-hour haul from Ceduna every fortnight to restock the community store. However, it is understood Mr Mozol will retire in late December.