苏格兰高地泥炭地修复：固碳增汇与生物多样性的双赢
Stretching across the Scottish Highlands, vast blanket bogs store more carbon than all the forests in the United Kingdom combined. These peatlands, built up over thousands of years from partially decayed sphagnum moss, represent a hidden weapon against global warming—but only if they stay wet.
For decades, drainage ditches dug for sheep grazing and forestry turned these natural sponges into dry, eroding landscapes. As the peat dried, it released centuries of stored carbon into the atmosphere, while rare birds like the golden plover and curlew lost their nesting grounds. The damage was slow but enormous.
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