BBC Work is being done to repair the damage done to peatlands on Dartmoor New mapping data has shown 80% of England’s peatlands to be dry and damaged. The government said the findings, shown on an open source map, presented a worrying picture, with degraded peat emitting carbon into the atmosphere and contributing to global...
Johanna Carr BBC South West Investigations BBC An area of peatland on Dartmoor restored by the South West Peatland Partnership Healthy peat is the country’s biggest carbon store but when damaged it releases planet-warming greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere. New research shows instead of being part of the answer to climate change, peat bogs...
