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A New Climate Danger: Carbon Released by Burning Bogs
2016-08-08 05:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Kristyn Housman grabbed the end of a sampling auger, a steel tube that two colleagues had just drilled into a moss-covered hummock in a peat bog, and poked through a damp, fibrous plug of partly decomposed peat. Peat has been building up for centuries in this bog, where the spongy moss is interspersed with black spruces and, on a late spring morning, the air is teeming with mosquitoes. The sample, taken from three feet down, is at least several hundred years old, said Ms. Housman, a graduate researcher...
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Canada: Dried bogs play role in wildfires: research
2016-06-28 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: New research from an Ontario professor indicates that bogs dried for logging or other purposes can experience catastrophic deep burns that can last for months and contribute to the spread of wildfires in both Canada and northern Europe. But Mike Waddington of McMaster University says his research, published Monday in Nature Scientific Reports, also shows peat bogs -- wetlands with dead plant material and mosses -- can be restored through "re-wetting," which can help mitigate the spread of fires...
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Birds, bugs and blanket bogs -- Scientists warn an entire eco-system is under threat
2015-07-31 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Several rare upland bird species are being put at risk together with other ecosystem functions by the effects of climate change on the UK's blanket bogs, ecologists at the University of York have discovered. Most of our drinking water comes from these upland peats and several iconic bird species such as the dunlin, golden plover and red grouse depend on these wetland habitats for nesting and feeding. The scientists warn that climate change threatens these habitat…
A Look At Weyco Group And BOGS
2014-12-09 21:30:57| Footwear - Topix.net
Small-cap shoe maker Weyco Group isn't getting much attention from investors, but the company has one product line that looks like it's really taking off. In its third quarter earnings release, the company reported that wholesale net sales revenue for BOGS was up 37%.
Suffolk wetlands dispute bogs down warehouse plan
2014-09-15 05:41:14| Paper - Topix.net
The Army Corps of Engineers has declared that major portions of this property in Suffolk are entitled to federal protection as wetlands. Scott Camp, a residential real estate developer in the Richmond area who bought the property from International Paper in 2008, insists the property is not wetlands.
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