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Mar 6, 2018 · March 6, 2018 at 1:00 pm. In 2015, massive wildfires burned through Indonesia, sending thick smoke and haze as far as Thailand. These fires were “the worst environmental disaster in modern ...
Nov 14, 2023 · Peat bogs are a type of freshwater wetland. They form in places where water pools and does not drain. This includes old river valleys, coastal areas and the depressions in land caused by the retreat of glaciers. Peat bogs form when plants grow, then die around the body of water.
The peatlands of the Irish Midlands are “raised bogs”, the most threatened type of bog with only 1% of their original extent now remaining intact. Peat is formed by the accumulation of decayed ...
May 26, 2022 · If you consider that in the Netherlands, we have spent €30 million trying to restore and regenerate 10,000 hectares of bogs over the last 50 years and we now have 20-30 hectares of living bog ...
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Restoring peat bogs could slow climate change – and revive a forgotten world. January 12 2021, by Ian D. Rotherham. Bogs, mires, fens and marshes—just their names seem to conjure myth and ...
Bogs trap carbon and keep it in place. That helps keep Earth’s temperatures steady. That’s why bogs are called carbon sinks. They store twice the carbon that’s held in forests. People in Ireland have always relied on bogs for survival. Wild berries and other plants can provide food. And peat cut into bricks to burn as fuel is still a ...
It is also called peat. In Ireland, peat comes from bogs. A bog is a wetland. It’s made from water and plants.Walking on a bog is like walking on water. That’s because bogs hold a lot of water. The moss growing in a bog can hold up to 20 times its weight in water. AtlanticOcean Irish Sea Where the Bogs Are Ireland a close look at bog moss I ta
