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Apr 5, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Q: What have our peatlands ever done for us?
A: LOADS!
These amazing habitats provide a series of vital ecosystem service benefits – but only when they are healthy. Indulge us in a peaty thread and find out more… (1/7)
CARBON CAPTURE
🌍 Healthy peatlands actively absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere
🌳 Globally peatlands store twice as much carbon as forests
🏭 CO2 emissions from damaged peatlands account for 5% of UK greenhouse gas emissions (2/7)
