ben dafydd gillard on Nostr: Interesting information about the carbon emissions of drained/dried peat soils in ...
Interesting information about the carbon emissions of drained/dried peat soils in Aotearoa, mainly being used as low quality dairy farmland.
"Government officials have been quietly exploring how much carbon dioxide could be saved if the country reflooded its peat soils.
The answer was more than four million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year - more than Huntly's coal fired power station."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526471/is-the-heat-about-to-go-on-fonterra-over-farming-on-drained-peat
#GlobalHeating #Peat
"Government officials have been quietly exploring how much carbon dioxide could be saved if the country reflooded its peat soils.
The answer was more than four million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year - more than Huntly's coal fired power station."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526471/is-the-heat-about-to-go-on-fonterra-over-farming-on-drained-peat
#GlobalHeating #Peat