Sabine Baring-Gould

In the depths of the moor, the peat may be seen riven like floes of ice, and the rifts are sometimes twelve to fourteen feet deep, cut through black vegetable matter, the product of decay of plants through countless generations.

English Clergyman

Susan Vreeland

Landscape is more than flat land covered by floodwater, the seeping of peat bogs, a river of liquid pewter viewed from a sentry tower. It's an influence on what a person values, what she is willing to sacrifice or argue for.

American Author

Peat is added to soil to retain moisture and help plants grow.

Gardening Use

Harvesting peat can damage ecosystems; some gardeners prefer alternatives.

Eco-Consciousness

In certain regions, peat is a traditional fuel for heating and cooking.

Fuel Source

In some cultures, peat-cutting is a historical practice with social importance.

Cultural Significance

Using peat as fuel is considered old-fashioned and less common today.

Historic Fuel

Peat's acidic and anaerobic properties can preserve organic materials for centuries.

Preservation Material

 people store more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet so for that they are very important for the global climate regulation the peatland should not have trees on them the trees and the drainage ditches that have been plowed through the peat lines are very

Here, Cutting Down...

 all the zoos in the world together just now like victims for every baby six having disappeared from the forest the deforestation especially for oil palm to provide biofuel for the Western countries is what's causing these problems and those are the peat swamp

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 helping to mitigate the global effects of climate change. Thousands of tons of carbon are being sequestered by the Angolan highlands each year. But they’ve also discovered that these critical peat ecosystems are threatened by human impacts

Surveying The Angolan...

 and we're here to study the Pittman's you compare it to other soils peat is really carbon decks it's made up of partially decomposed plant material all the carbon that the plant accumulates is life it doesn't fully break down so that

Peatlands Critical In...

 state with functioning forests grasslands wetlands peat bogs mangrove forests seagrass beds healthy ocean habitats so nature can continue providing all these wonderful benefits like oxygen flood protection coastal protection food

Tracking Plastic Sea to...

 shut the whole time no they were true in all over the place it's the first thing you learn in school drool peat rain stone yeah so I don't say UFO please don't say yes no no I had no no intention of saying you just said it

Stonehenge Theories with...

 which can help soil become more porous. Water can now seep in. If the soil doesn't have the capacity to hold water, we will mix some more biomass -- some water-absorbent material like peat or bagasse,

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 areas and it's quite depressing of course this is the third largest island in the world it used to be covered with dense rainforest peat swamp forests but at this rate that it has been leveled now

Borneo: Paradise Under...

 will be about 3 or 4 years before it's at that peak and then peat blossom unlike any other artworks that I've made these things continuously evolved I think one of the reasons why I've been

This Crazy Tree Grows 40...

 blink six seconds and six percent of our walk is through crops peat bugs are large stores of water and carbon and are home to special wetland wildlife