Two peat bogs differing in mean annual temperature, Velke Darko (VD, Czech Republic, 7.2°C), and Stor myran (SA, Sweden, 4.0°C), were selected for a comparative study of how organic soils in different climatic zones will respond to warmer and drier conditions. Twenty peat cores from ...
Field tests and modelling predictions highlighted the risk of the complete loss of this peat layer during the next 50 years, due to oxidation enhanced by the increased frequency of warmer periods. Unfortunately, despite the considerable impacts that are expected to affect peat bogs (in this area ...
Yet, this increasing fondness for peat has put many traditional British and overseas peat bogs in danger through over-extraction, which could have disastrous consequences for biodiversity, water levels, recreational tourism and even climate change itself. So while our garden flowers flourish, the healt...
No, it turns out that keeping peat where it belongs in peat bogs is a huge ally in the fight against climate change. Peat stores massive amounts of carbon from the atmosphere and when it is harvested, that carbon is then released. The link to read more about why she is peat free is ...
A raised bog being harvested for peat near Douglas water in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Raised bogs re rare threatened habitats and important carbon sinks that should not be exploited. 00:09 A ditch from which peat bricks were cut ...
A better understanding of what regulates microbial populations and activity in small reservoirs in peat bogs and unravelling of these fundamental mechanisms are particularly critical to more accurately predict how peat bogs will respond to climate disturbances.doi:10.1002/iroh.202002044...
(raised and blanket bogs)and the border between the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean bio-geographical regions,and ii) it is considered a sensitive area in environ-mental scenarios established by change climate models (Gutiérrez and Pons,2006;Pérez-Muñuzuri et al.,2009;García-Mozo et al.,2010...
Plant material decomposes more rapidly in groundwater rich in nutrients than in elevated bogs with heavy rainfall. The presence of oxygen (aerobic conditions) is necessary for fungal and microbial activity that promotes decomposition, but peat is formed in waterlogged soils with little or no access ...
Seven thousand people, connected to Ireland by a narrow bridge, live on the Isle of Achill in the shadow of blue mountains and in the gloom of brown peat bogs. 阿基尔岛经一座狭窄的桥与爱尔兰相连,岛上蓝色山峰的阴影之下,褐色泥炭沼地的幽暗之中住着七千人。
Peatbogscan be classified as either ombrogenous (raised and blanket bogs), where growth of the peat layer is controlled by rainfall, or topographic (basin bogs), where deposition of new peat is controlled by topography and the groundwater table (Hammond, 1975). The initial formation ofpeat bo...