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Wildlife thrives in solar farm built on restored peatland
A solar farm on a rewetted peatland is home to more types of bird than drained agricultural fields nearby, suggesting that land used for renewable energy can make money for landowners, lock away carbon and boost biodiversity at the same time. Peatlands are the largest terrestrial carbon store, holding twice as much carbon as all forests. But enormous tracts of them have been drained to create farm fields or dug up to produce potting soil for gardening.
Population genomics reveals divergent lineages in the European peatland plant Drosera rotundifolia
Genomic variation within populations reflects both past and contemporary evolutionary processes. The genetic structure of European peatland plants is shaped by complex postglacial recolonization and recent habitat loss. Here, we investigate population genomic patterns in the vulnerable peatland plant round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.).
Solar panels on rewetted peatland could be a climate and nature win–win
Researchers in Germany have found that solar panels on rewetted peatland provide a unique habitat for bird species along with generating green energy and potentially locking up carbon. Installing solar panels on rewetted peatlands is a new type of land use, providing a way to generate green energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now, research from the University of Greifswald has found that this novel land use may also benefit nature.
Bogs 'almost like a minefield': Europe's wetlands gain military importance
Peatlands are more than carbon sinks and havens for rare species. Amid rising security tensions, they are seen across Europe as natural barriers to attackers. When people talk about defence, they usually think of tanks, drones or border fortifications.
How England’s largest forest went from commodity to conservation haven
Kielder in Northumberland is balancing commercial production with conserving peatland and rare plants and animalsDriving through part of Northumberland, you might look around at the tall Sitka spruce and imagine yourself in Canada’s evergreen forests, or perhaps, on a sunny day, in northern California. Instead, you are in England’s largest forest, Kielder, often heralded as success story that balances commercial production with ambitious conservation. The first trees of this 60,000-hectare...
How England’s largest forest went from commodity to conservation haven
Kielder in Northumberland is balancing commercial production with conserving peatland and rare plants and animalsDriving through part of Northumberland, you might look around at the tall Sitka spruce and imagine yourself in Canada’s evergreen forests, or perhaps, on a sunny day, in northern California. Instead, you are in England’s largest forest, Kielder, often heralded as a success story that balances commercial production with ambitious conservation. The first trees of this 60,000-hectare...
How England’s largest forest went from commodity to conservation haven
Kielder in Northumberland is balancing commercial production with conserving peatland and rare plants and animalsDriving through part of Northumberland, you might look around at the tall Sitka spruce and imagine yourself in Canada’s evergreen forests, or perhaps, on a sunny day, in northern California. Instead, you are in England’s largest forest, Kielder, often heralded as a success story that balances commercial production with ambitious conservation. The first trees of this 60,000-hectare...
'EU's environmental policy must be part of defence strategy,' Commissioner Roswall says
The European Environment Commissioner told Euronews that Brussels must "connect the dots" and understand that environmental, economic and security interests go hand-in-hand. The European Union's environmental policy should now be considered a key part of Europe's defence strategy, Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, said. She noted that many of the environmental concerns felt by the bloc, including the impacts of...
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Workers found a human head in 1984 and uncovered an ancient secret
The landscape around Wilmslow appears unremarkable at first glance. Commuter trains pass nearby, housing estates edge ever closer to open ground, and modern Cheshire carries on with little hint of the distant past beneath its feet. Yet hidden within this corner of north-west England lies a place that has repeatedly produced encounters with the dead.