Shire Magazine September-October 2019 by Superstar
Jul 28, 2014 · The digger is slowly sucked down into a bog in the Glenelly Valley, before being recovered thanks to the expertise of 82-year-old farmer …
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Bogged down in beauty spot | Border - ITV News
Diggers sink into rare blanket bog - ITV News
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Peatland solutions | The Wildlife Trusts
The UK's peatland soils store around 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon, but are heavily degraded and release the equivalent of 23 million tonnes of CO2 every year. Restored peatlands can capture more carbon, reduce flooding, clean our water, and allow wildlife to thrive.
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Worker gets that sinking feeling as 22-ton digger gets
Sep 09, 2014 · Diggers sink into rare blanket bog Two diggers have become stuck in a rare peat bog in Cumbria. Environmentalists fear they may damage the site, which has been designated as a Site of Special
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Diggers sink into rare blanket bog - ITV News
Sep 09, 2014 · Diggers sink into rare blanket bog Two diggers have become stuck in a rare peat bog in Cumbria. Environmentalists fear they may damage the site, which has been designated as a Site of Special
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Climate pollution from wind farms on peat 'underestimated
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Americans sink into foreclosure bog | Business – Gulf News
Jan 03, 2010 · Obama's $75b plan to lower mortgage payments has failed to provide permanent relief
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Conservationist Mark Avery tells Hebden Bridge Ban the
The blanket bogs are damaged by burning and draining; the UK has about 13% of the world's blanket bog, a rare habitat that acts as a carbon sink and also helps prevent flooding. The UK Committee on Climate Change recently reported
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A mosaic of moorland habitats | Moors for the Future
Our work takes into account all the habitat types in the landscape, not just blanket bog. Moorlands consist of a mosaic of habitats which work together to provide habitat for specialist wildlife species. Though much of our work is focused on blanket bog, we are also interested in the conservation of all upland habitats.
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Trees felled to preserve rare Cumbrian moorland bog - BBC News
Jun 30, 2010 · A large area of trees in Cumbria is being felled to help restore a rare moorland habitat to its former glory. Trees felled to preserve rare Cumbrian moorland bog - BBC News We've updated our
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UKH News - NEWS: Moorland burning rules to tighten, but
Jan 30, 2021 · The UK has 13% of the world's blanket bog (most of it in places we hillwalkers and climbers frequent). Peat is a carbon sink, and restoring Britain's peatlands is a stated priority for the government, which will help achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as well as protecting valuable habitats, and the biodiversity that they support.
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Safety blanket for our future: the Flow Country bogs
Dec 02, 2020 · Bog myrtle, wild cranberry, bog orchid, cotton grass and butterwort. There are also dragonflies, otter, deer, common scoter ducks and rare waders like the dunlin and golden plover.
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Wind farms built on carbon-rich peat bogs lose their
Aug 05, 2020 · Europe's unmapped peatlands in peril. Peatlands are a natural carbon sink and, despite covering less than 3% of the Earth's land surface, they contain 20% of all the carbon stored in soils worldwide.. Because some peatlands aren't mapped, they have often been ignored, despite their important role in slowing climate change.Blanket bogs are a rare and unique type …
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Peatlands | Nature Stories
As a consequence, blanket bogs have a lower water storage capacity than raised bogs and are dependent on regular precipitation. To keep a blanket bog alive 1200mm of rain, drizzle or fog per year, spread out over at least 235 days is necessary. Another major difference between raised bog and blanket bog is the way they expand.
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3 Times The Government Has Been Accused Of 'Environmental
Oct 18, 2021 · The government's law only prohibits fires which burn peatlands more than 40cm into the earth – but experts say just 30cm in depth is enough to destroy the land. The UK's peatlands are home to 13% of the world's blanket bog, a type of peatland that is found in only a few parts of the planet.
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Dirt trapped diggers to be freed in a few days - itv.com
Diggers sink into rare blanket bog - ITV News
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Plantlife :: Garron Plateau IPA
The Garron Plateau is an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in County Antrim and is the largest area (4627 ha) of intact blanket bog in Northern Ireland. It is located to the north-east of Ballymena and stretches to the Garron Point where dramatic stepped cliffs fall into the sea. The plateau is formed from a table of volcanic basalt
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RT @Perth_Greens: Nice to see successes! For the first time in decades, curlews and golden plovers have been breeding on an area of blanket bog restored by farmers.
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Peatland restoration key to improving Shetland's horrific
Nov 01, 2021 · Peat is central to Scotland's climate change targets. Ten per cent of the world's blanket bog is in Scotland, and peat covers more than a fifth of the land, storing 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon. The government is spending millions restoring damaged bogs, so they store carbon dioxide rather than emit it.
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