Peat Bogs

Waterlogged sphagnum archives that stack carbon for millennia — and preserve the occasional Iron Age body.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Covering about three percent of land, peatlands hold roughly a third of the world’s soil carbon.
• Peat accumulates at around a millimetre per year; metres of depth mean millennia.
• Acidic, oxygen-poor bog water preserved Iron Age "bog bodies" like Tollund Man down to their whiskers.

Specifications & Metrics

• COVERAGE: ~3% of land, ~30% of soil carbon