Sentences with word «peat»

The prime contenders are the melting of the West Antarctic ice - sheet, the melting of the Greenland ice - sheet (whose collapse some scientists believe will now be hard to prevent), and the thawing of peat bogs in western

(I was able to get a large bale of peat moss at a local bulk soil company.)

Greenhouse gas emissions from peat fires in Borneo and Sumatra are currently exceeding emissions from the entire U.S. economy, putting Indonesia on track to be one of the world's largest...

Tropical deforestation releases more than 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year, though in some years, like the 1997 - 1998 el Nino year when fires released some 2 billion tons of carbon from peat swamps alone in Indonesia, emissions are more than twice that.

The central Kalimantan district of Katingan still contains large areas of peat swamp forest.

With the backdrop of massive peat land fires sending carbon into the atmosphere and the fast - approaching U.N. climate talks, environmental advocates expect today's visit between Indonesian President Joko «Jokowi» Widodo and President Obama to touch on climate change and deforestation challenges.

Indonesia is currently the third largest carbon emitter in the world; according to the World Bank this is primarily because of clearing forests on peat soils (often through burning) for agriculture.

They used exactly the same laboratory methods as have been developed for peat bogs in Europe.

Essential incentives to reduce ongoing emissions from drained peat forest soils, and safeguards to prevent the conversion of not only forests but also of other natural ecosystems to plantations have not yet been addressed.

I like using peat pots all year long for crafts.

These are easy to obtain materials such as peat moss or coconut fiber blocks.

To help address this gap, Anderson et al. measured the size and direction of the carbon and energy fluxes from 7 hectares of wetlands restored in 1997 on peat soils in California's Sacramento — San Joaquin Delta.

This living monogram wreath was created using spray - painted cedar boards and chicken wire and was filled with peat moss and succulents.

The Beaver Pond site is an exceptionally well - preserved, organic - rich peat layer with many pieces of in situ wood (Ballantyne et al., 2006).

Scientists discovered the fossils in ancient peat deposits at the Tevshiin Govi mine in the steppes of central Mongolia.

Tropical peat fires release phenomenal amounts of greenhouse gases.

So there are bodies squashed flat like peat bog men (Andra Ursuta) or posed like Renaissance figures (Tanyth Berkeley), policewomen draped like sirens on rocks (Jansson Stegner) and politicians carved out of sides of Iberian ham (Kasper Kovtiz).

«Combined with a literature review, the results showed that high N2O emissions from peat decomposition in the tropics tend to be common; which is in contrast with most recent IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] emission factors,» she says.

My husband was right though, the broccoli and cabbage were already getting leggy, so we transplanted them into peat pots, burying them to just below the leaves.

Written by a commission of 25 biologists and industrialists brought together by conservation bodies, it calls on the government to revoke all planning permission for peat cutting on bogs with conservation value, and to pay compensation where due.

Carbon emissions are likely to increase, the study predicted, as most future forest clearance is planned for areas with deep peat soils.

«Indonesia is one of the major emitters in the world, and this year it's likely to be even more than usual,» because of the raging fires burning carbon - rich peat lands.

In Southeast Asia, one fourth of all oil - palm plantations are located on drained peat lands.

The Famous Grouse Smoky Black delivers the same distinctive rich and smoky flavour as The Black Grouse, achieved by introducing more peated malts into the blend.

One part organic cedar chips and one part organic peat moss; mix together and put in a container.

Projected changes in climate, including an increase of droughts and less frequent, more intense rain events, imply that this phenomenon may make peat bogs into larger sources of methylmercury to downstream water resources and ecosystems.

Dry peat emits carbon dioxide, and is vulnerable to large wild fires that also emit carbon dioxide.

Special report on smoke pollution from Indonesian peat fires by correspondent Yew Jin Lee, with 3 experts.

Here's Rein's primer on the environmental significance of smoldering peat fires and other types of uncontrolled underground combustion (I've done a bit of editing to smooth out e-mail shorthand and the like):

The coverage of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines on wetlands was restricted to peatlands drained and managed for peat extraction, conversion to flooded lands, and limited guidance for drained organic soils.

A proprietary combination of ancient peat and a proprietary apple extract, elevATP ® had been shown in prior clinical studies to acutely stimulate the production and release of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) at the mitochondrial level.

Watch the compost and if it becomes too moist, add more peat moss or coconut coir.

They took peat cores from formerly permafrost areas and conducted radiocarbon studies.

This assumption, however, was contradicted by scientists from the University of Eastern Finland a decade ago, when they discovered that bare peat surfaces in permafrost peatlands are releasing high amounts of N2O, despite the general nitrogen limitation of tundra ecosystems.

As the BP oil spill moves from being a short and bloody battle to a long and drawn out war, I've personally have moved to from anger to trying to think more constructively, but here are two pieces of news which drag me right back to frustration: 1) In an Alabama wildlife refuge affected by the spill, even possessing a camera is prohibited; 2) BP apparently won't use peat moss to help clean up the oil because it won't be able to sell the oil afterwards.

The Corps issued an «approved» jurisdictional determination («JD») that the property contained wetlands and a permit was required to conduct peat mining.

Beam Suntory has announced the release of a four piece gift - box with peated whiskies from its portfolio of distilleries

One such molecule is guaiacol, a substance that develops when the grain is dried over peat smoke when making malt whisky, providing the smoky flavour to the whisky,» Karlsson explains.

The core is a record of peat accumulation over the last 7,500 years and contains two intervals (the Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Holocene Thermal Maximum) when temperatures were about 2 °C warmer than normal, providing a natural analogue for modern warming.

Radiocarbon ages of plant macrofossils at the top of the buried peats are 195, 1280, and 1710 years old.

An object found near an ancient lake in - filled with peat during the Mesolithic Period could be the world's oldest crayon.

New research explores the source of unexpectedly high nitrous oxide emissions from such bare peat soils in Arctic tundra.

The landscape varies from lunar landscape through peat lands and fertile farm lands to stunning coastline and gorgeous hills.