Newsletter Image by Peter Ahrend from Pixabay The vast bog that helps fight climate change To the untrained eye it looks like a vast expanse of empty moorland, but the Flow Country holds a secret. Beneath the surface it contains more than double the carbon of all UK forests combined.
commons.wikimedia.org Investigation into protected peat burning ‘leads to just one formal warning’ Moorland association says figures show managers abiding by rules stopping burning on deep peat, while Greenpeace calls for a more comprehensive ban.
