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Peatpod

by Dr Lorna I. Harris

Stories, insights, and musings about the world's beautiful bogs, fens, and swamps. Join Dr Lorna Harris for chats about our favourite squishy and carbon-rich wetland ecosystems, with peatland scientists, practitioners, and knowledge-holders from around the world. Subscribe for free to receive news of new Peatpedia articles and Peatpod episodes - https://peatpedia.substack.com/. Peatpedia and Peatpod are reader and listener supported initatives. Consider upgrading to a paid subscription to Peatpedia to support the research, writing, and production work behind every article and podcast episode.

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Peatland Conservation and Management in the UK

Peatlands are the UK's most important ecosystems for storing carbon and regulating water, yet most of them are degraded. In this episode of Peatpod, Dr Lorna Harris talks

Nov 3
54 min

Boreal Peatlands and Wildfire

Peatlands store huge amounts of carbon, but what happens when they catch fire? In this episode of Peatpod, Dr Lorna Harris chats with Professor Sophie Wilkinson about pea

Oct 27
53 min

Peatlands and Peat Coring Across the Americas

Peatlands cover only a small part of the planet, but they store huge amounts of carbon and hold thousands of years of environmental and human history. In this episode of

Oct 20
46 min

Welcome to Peatpod: Why Peatlands Matter

Welcome to the very first episode of Peatpod! In this first mini introductory episode, host Dr. Lorna Harris opens up the world of peatlands: what they are, why they matt

Oct 13
6 min