How art inspired by peatlands can help us confront the climate crisis: As environments, peatlands have undergone a remarkable transformation over the last few decades from “Cinderella” habitats, regarded as ecologically worthless in the 1980s, to today’s ecosystem superstars – crucial for biodiversity, carbon capture and regulating the water supply. This new appreciation has seen …
Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water – how we mapped this newly found landscape: Ask most people what they picture when thinking about natural “carbon sinks” – ecosystems that absorb and store greenhouse gases – and they’ll probably describe a forest. Reforestation is a common feature of climate change plans. But there’s …
We mapped the world’s frozen peatlands – what we found was very worrying: F-Focus by Mati Kose / shutterstock Peatlands cover just a few percent of the global land area but they store almost one-quarter of all soil carbon and so play a crucial role in regulating the climate. My colleagues and I have just …