"This report highlights that the current overall condition of our peatlands contributes to climate change, so there is significant merit in further stepping up of peatland restoration efforts from a greenhouse gas mitigation perspective"

The UK’s peatlands are making a significant contribution to our greenhouse gas emissions because of the way they are managed, a major new study has shown.

Peatlands occupy 12% of the UK’s land area and store vast quantities of carbon. Healthy peatlands capture carbon dioxide (CO­₂) from the atmosphere and so can help to offset the effects of human activities such as fossil fuel burning that are raising CO₂ levels in the atmosphere, leading to climate change.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute