Peatland ecosystems create almost mystical environments. Spongy, water-logged peat shifts as one moves across the surface, threatening to swallow an individual moving through vegetation above the unstable ground.
Peatlands are huge carbon sinks, absorbing more carbon than they release into the atmosphere, and have been crucial in slowing planetary warming.
Peatland ecosystems create almost mystical environments. Spongy, water-logged peat shifts as one moves across the surface, threatening to swallow an individual moving through vegetation above the unstable ground.
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