michael<p>as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MilkAndMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilkAndMore</span></a> are still offering <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a>, I checked up and found that the ban scheduled for the end of 2024 hasn't happened. And who knows if it will ever be implemented. If you want to speed up the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a>, carry on destroying the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peatlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peatlands</span></a>, that's probably a bigger factor than things like cars or airtravel. </p><p><a href="https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/uk-government-confirms-ban-all-peat-based-gardening-products-will-not-be-implemented-until" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wildlifetrusts.org/news/uk-gov</span><span class="invisible">ernment-confirms-ban-all-peat-based-gardening-products-will-not-be-implemented-until</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a></p>
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Ministry of Good Ideas<p>Good Idea: Use peat free potting soil</p><p><a href="https://rosysoil.com/blogs/news/peat-free-potting-soil" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rosysoil.com/blogs/news/peat-f</span><span class="invisible">ree-potting-soil</span></a></p><p>As planting season begins, choosing peat-free soil is a simple way to help the environment. Peatlands, which store vast amounts of carbon and support unique wildlife, are harmed when peat is harvested, releasing carbon and destroying habitats. By opting for peat-free, you're supporting sustainable gardening, protecting carbon stores, and preserving biodiversity—all while growing healthy plants.</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a></p>
Dr Claire Asher<p>"Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land, but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests. However, farmers and miners are draining the peatlands, releasing so much CO2 that if they were a country, they would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world." </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/13/worlds-largely-unprotected-peatlands-are-ticking-carbon-bomb-warns-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/feb/13/worlds-largely-unprotected-peatlands-are-ticking-carbon-bomb-warns-study</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peat</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>“Peatland degradation is second only to tropical deforestation as a source of greenhouse gas emissions from land use, yet peatlands are often overlooked in conservation and climate policy.”</p><p><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/just-17-of-worlds-peatlands-are-protected-new-study-warns/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carbonbrief.org/just-17-of-wor</span><span class="invisible">lds-peatlands-are-protected-new-study-warns/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateScience</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandUse</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/LULUCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LULUCF</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Peat</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ecology</span></a></p>
Alexander J. Stein<p>Draining <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> swamp forests & <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mangroves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mangroves</span></a> generates 48% of land-use change <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> emissions in SE <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a>. Although <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/peatlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peatlands</span></a> & mangroves make only 5.4% of its land area, restoring carbon-dense <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> can contribute substantially to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> mitigation… (1/2) <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-55892-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-558</span><span class="invisible">92-0</span></a></p>
AGF : poemproducer<p>Artist disthene contemplates on symbolic and practical role of <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> extraction in early <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soviet</span></a> industrialisation.</p><p>Young <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>, who were mostly coming from non-Russian villages of the Volga-Ural region and hoping to get out of the dullness and hardships of <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> life, took up radical changes and went to work in peat harvesting.</p><p><a href="https://beda.media/en/articles/torf-en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beda.media/en/articles/torf-en</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Rob Galpin<p>A long walk today around the Roman Wall Loughs looking at some of the rewetting work which has been taking place recently on the peat lands. Lots of grips blocked, lots more water in the landscape, and hopefully lots more fen, more wildlife habitat and lots more peat safely sequestering carbon<br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/hadrianswall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hadrianswall</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/northumberland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northumberland</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bogs</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a></p>
Jules<p>Why <a href="https://social.coop/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> is a key ingredient in whisky and the climate crisis</p><p>Oh nooooo! I've happily given up flying and animal products for the climate but it never occurred to me that the reason whisky flavours are described as peaty is the production involves burning actual peat 😭<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-peat-is-a-key-ingredient-in-whisky-and-the-climate-crisis-245497" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-peat-i</span><span class="invisible">s-a-key-ingredient-in-whisky-and-the-climate-crisis-245497</span></a></p>
Alexander J. Stein<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>: Forests don't provide net carbon <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sequestration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sequestration</span></a> & drained <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/peatlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peatlands</span></a> continue to emit <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> heavily. In dry years, the water levels of these <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/soils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soils</span></a> are lower, i.e. more <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> is decomposed by microorganisms = higher CO2 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>... (1/2) <a href="https://www.thuenen.de/en/themenfelder/klima-und-luft/emissionsinventare-buchhaltung-fuer-den-klimaschutz/hohe-treibhausgas-emissionen-aus-landnutzung" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thuenen.de/en/themenfelder/kli</span><span class="invisible">ma-und-luft/emissionsinventare-buchhaltung-fuer-den-klimaschutz/hohe-treibhausgas-emissionen-aus-landnutzung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>The Great Dismal Swamp Has Released Millions Of Tons Of Carbon Since The Colonial Era, Research Finds<br>--<br><a href="https://www.whro.org/environment/2024-11-08/the-great-dismal-swamp-has-released-millions-of-tons-of-carbon-since-the-colonial-era-research-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whro.org/environment/2024-11-0</span><span class="invisible">8/the-great-dismal-swamp-has-released-millions-of-tons-of-carbon-since-the-colonial-era-research-finds</span></a> <-- shared article<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008137" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008137</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GreatDismalSwamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatDismalSwamp</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/swamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swamp</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/carbondioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbondioxide</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/peatlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peatlands</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/carbonsink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbonsink</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/peatswamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peatswamp</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/drainage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drainage</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ditches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ditches</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reclamation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/peatfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peatfire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mitigation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/carbonloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbonloss</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrospatial</span></a></p>
NorfolkGreg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Hellybootwader" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Hellybootwader</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://epicure.social/@Pollinators" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Pollinators</span></a></span> <br>I may be showing some ignorance here, but I'd be reluctant to spread any rock dust on the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> here, particularly basalt as it's not locally occurring. </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> here is several feet of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> over sand. The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/dyke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dyke</span></a>, you see to the right of compost cages in the photos, is the boundary of the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Broads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPark</span></a>, and a "Site of Special Scientific Interest".</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Broads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broads</span></a> (the local <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/lakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lakes</span></a>) that give the area its name are famous as flooded medieval peat diggings.</p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>What happens to the world if <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> stop absorbing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a>? Ask <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a></p><p>Natural sinks of forests and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CarbonNeutral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonNeutral</span></a> by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a> than it stores</p><p>: Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CarbonSink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonSink</span></a> failing?<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/finland-emissions-target-forests-peatlands-sinks-absorbing-carbon-aoe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/oct/15/finland-emissions-target-forests-peatlands-sinks-absorbing-carbon-aoe</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TippingPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CarbonCycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonCycle</span></a></p>
Dr Micha Campbell<p>Quaternary science in the news! Coastal peat found in southern Western Australia dated to >6 ka. Seems like a cool project involving Traditional Owners, archaeologists, and palaeoenvironmental scientists (including AQUA's president and manager of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UNSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNSW</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CHRONOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHRONOS</span></a> radiocarbon lab, Tim Barrows). </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AusQuaternary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusQuaternary</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/palaeoenvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeoenvironment</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WesternAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternAustralia</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-09-22/climate-change-wharton-beach-esperance-peat-bog/104152472" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-09-</span><span class="invisible">22/climate-change-wharton-beach-esperance-peat-bog/104152472</span></a></p>
Primo Natura<p>"Major retailers urge UK Government to legislate end of peat sales"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.edie.net/major-retailers-urge-uk-government-to-legislate-end-of-peat-sales/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edie.net/major-retailers-urge-</span><span class="invisible">uk-government-to-legislate-end-of-peat-sales/</span></a></p>
Alexander J. Stein<p>Growing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/maize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maize</span></a> on drained peat <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/soils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soils</span></a> results in soil CO2 emissions that are overlooked when assessing biogas <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> mitigation potential. Yet, such emissions from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biomethane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biomethane</span></a> feedstock production exceed embodied <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> for natural gas: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02111-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-021</span><span class="invisible">11-1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biogas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biogas</span></a></p>
anlomedad<p>"“What I and others have most observed in the high Arctic tundra,” he said, “is the massive permafrost melt. I travelled, for example, 1,200 kilometres [745 miles] in a small, open boat on the East Siberian Sea coast. Kilometre after kilometre, I saw collapsing permafrost walls. I heard the sloosh of the coast slumping into the sea. There was a weird smell, too, as if you had a gas lamp running without a spark.”</p><p>“I had no words,” he said about seeing ecosystems collapse before him for hundreds of miles. “I decided: ‘I must press every button in my power to convey how bad this is.’”</p><p>Mustonen and others at Snowchange are doing more than sounding alarms; they are turning climate despair into climate repair. A decade ago, the wetland I visited at Linnunsuo was a Mordor-like slag heap, the legacy of industrial peat mined for energy. Only two bird species used the site. Today, the restored wetland has become a prime hotspot for more than 200 bird species during spring and autumn migrations. Snowchange’s efforts have reduced soil-based emissions at Linnunsuo by an amount equivalent to taking a 100,000 cars off our roads a year. To do so, they flooded some of the exposed peatland soils and added limestone to lower acidity and reduce acid drainage. " <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/17/methane-climate-crisis-amazon-peat-permafrost-vegan-heat-pumps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/aug/17/methane-climate-crisis-amazon-peat-permafrost-vegan-heat-pumps</span></a><br>Cool reporting on natural/anthropogenic <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CH4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CH4</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peat</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Permafrost</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Irish <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> soils are far more vast than previously known, suggests study <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-irish-peat-soils-vast-previously.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-07-irish-pe</span><span class="invisible">at-soils-vast-previously.html</span></a> </p><p>An adaptive mapping framework for the management of peat soils: A new Irish <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/PeatSoils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeatSoils</span></a> map <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706124001629" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0016706124001629</span></a></p><p>New figures suggest peat soils cover 13% more area than previous peat <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> maps, which are useful in land use planning—with peat <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/soils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soils</span></a> critical in absorbing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Scottish <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bog</span></a> gets world heritage status <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gz1p2v12o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gz1p2</span><span class="invisible">v12o</span></a></p><p>After an almost 40-year campaign, a stunning but little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status. The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/FlowCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlowCountry</span></a> of Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> covers almost 2,000 sq km of one of the most intact and extensive blanket bog systems in the world. Blanket <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bogs</span></a> are wetland ecosystems created when <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a>, a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> made up of partially decayed matter, accumulates in waterlogged conditions.</p>
B.ellaDid you know that our beloved <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/moss?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moss</a> (<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/peat?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peat</a> moss) is the basis of peat <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bog</a> growth? That must be one of the reasons why high <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/moors?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moors</a> are so pretty! 😊<br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/summer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#summer</a>
Transition Together<p>How a small group, looking a scarred landscape, put Lindow Moss on the map and secure the restoration of its peat bog habitat. </p><p>A landscape partnership Transition Wilmslow helped form has been awarded £250,000 to do just that - amazing result! </p><p>Read the story: <a href="https://transitiontogether.org.uk/peat-bog-restoration-thanks-to-transition-group/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">transitiontogether.org.uk/peat</span><span class="invisible">-bog-restoration-thanks-to-transition-group/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/cheshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cheshire</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/transitiontown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transitiontown</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/transitiontowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transitiontowns</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transition</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/naturerestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturerestoration</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/climateaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateaction</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/peat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peat</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a></p>
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