Sentences with phrase «storing peat bogs»
Opponents of the scheme object on the grounds of its visual effect and the damage they say it would do to wildlife and carbon - storing peat bogs.
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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.
Yesterday, the burning woods and peat bogs threatened the ammunitiion stores of the artillery range and even Okhtensk gunpowder factory.
The loss of permafrost is of particular concern — when permafrost melts, it releases carbon stored in the soils, and when boreal forests and peat bogs burn, they release carbon stored in the trees and peat.