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1.For the past two days, I have described the invaluable & critical role that natural peatlands play in regulating the global climate through the sequestration & storage of atmospheric carbon.
Today, our thread takes us on a dark, dark road.
👉 PEAT EXTRACTION
1.For the past two days, I have described the invaluable & critical role that natural peatlands play in regulating the global climate through the sequestration & storage of atmospheric carbon.
Today, our thread takes us on a dark, dark road.
👉 PEAT EXTRACTION
2. Ireland has a long tradition of cutting turf for heating homes and cooking food that stretches back through centuries. I am not going to get into the economic rationale for cutting turf in this thread. Today, we are here solely for the carbon.
Photo: arthouseireland.com
Photo: arthouseireland.com
3. Estimates of the area of Irish peatlands that have been affected by peat domestic extraction vary widely from 100,000 to over 600,000 hectares. The area under industrial extraction is marginally more accurate at 80,000 hectares, although even that number is very uncertain.
