Sentences with phrase «peat bogs ends»

Not exact matches

Not just in connection with our birds, but our drinking water as well,» he added «If you end up being very dry as a blanket bog you store less water and your water quality seems to deteriorate as peat erodes and decomposes.

So to the fires burning in Russia will have worldwide effects as the torched peat bogs whose layers consist of dead plant materials will end up releasing large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air accelerating the greenhouse effect and making the air nearly unbreathable.

Greenpeace, which warns of an imminent «climate bomb» due to the destruction of rich forests and peat bogs that currently serve as a massive carbon sink, reports groups such as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Flora and Fauna International have joined them in calling for an end to the conversion of forests to croplands for the production of biofuels