peat
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"So you could be looking at decades, centuries, millennia before the actual lost peat itself begins to build back up."
From BBC • May 2, 2026
To better understand past fire activity, researchers examined charcoal preserved in peat deposits from Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
A former dairy farm could be transformed into an "internationally recognised hub for research", focused on restoring lowland peat bogs.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The land, situated on the Somerset Levels and Moors, is one of the few areas in the UK that still holds deep lowland peat - which are waterlogged wetland ecosystems.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The smell of wet earth comes to me from those thumbed and tattered pages, the sour tang of moorland peat, the feel of soggy moss spattered white in places by a heron’s droppings.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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Western Europe - Introductory
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