New Scientist: "Save the bogs" isn't as catchy as "save the whales", but the cause is just as worthwhile. UK peat bogs damaged by 150 years of pollution are to be restored with a scattering of tiny mosses. The rebuilt bogs should improve water quality and could slow climate change. In the future, they might even be used to geoengineer a cooler climate by storing carbon dioxide. Peat bogs depend on a protective layer of sphagnum moss that traps the peat layers, as well as providing the raw material for new peat....
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