What are peatlands?
Peatlands are also called bogs, boglands, moors, swamps, swamplands, and fens.
Peatlands are part of wetlands, where water meets the land. Peatlands are underwater. They are made of decomposed organic matter – mostly from plants – in water-logged, low-oxygen, highly acidic conditions, says New Scientist magazine in December 2021.
Peatlands are mostly found in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but they in almost all countries in the world.
Peatlands cover only 3% of the world’s surface, but they contain nearly 33% of all of the carbon in soil, which is twice as much as the world’s forests.
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