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Peatlands—those often-overlooked wetlands—are ancient, carbon-rich ecosystems that quietly shape our climate, filter our water, and support incredible biodiversity. In “Water, Carbon, Time,” Jennifer de Mooy reveals how these landscapes, from Alaska to the equator, hold more carbon than the world’s forests, yet were once drained for fuel and farmland. Now, with climate change accelerating their transformation, a global restoration movement is reviving them—one ditch-filled, bog-reclaimed at a time.

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