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It Was Thought that the Peat of Pas-De-Calais Kept Its Carbon Forever: Around Saint-Omer, What Has Been Accumulating Under Water for Nearly a Thousand Years Begins to Rise
Imagine a soil that has been breathing in slow motion for almost a thousand years, patiently accumulating carbon layer after layer, without ever releasing it. This is exactly what peat has been doing since the Middle Ages in some wetlands in Pas-de-Calais, and especially around the Audomarese Marais. For centuries, this discreet landscape has played a role in [...]
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Imagine a soil that has been breathing in slow motion for almost a thousand years, patiently accumulating carbon layer after layer, without ever releasing it. This is exactly what peat has been doing since the Middle Ages in some wetlands in Pas-de-Calais, and especially around the Audomarese Marais. For centuries, this discreet landscape has played a role in [...]