How to Use peatland in a Sentence
peatland
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Forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline can be found across the land.
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Ashley J. Dimella,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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But over time, peatlands have been misunderstood and mistreated.
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Erin Hassanzadeh,
CBS News,
3 Dec. 2025
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One company made cardboard boxes with 10% peatland biomass.
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Troy Aidan Sambajon,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Apr. 2025
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The lonely views of distillery stacks—undercut by peatlands, circled by barley fields burning gold—are ever-present.
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Mike MacEacheran,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 June 2025
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Most natural carbon storage is driven by plants, so forests, peatlands and wetlands all store carbon because of plant growth and the build-up of organic material.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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There the expedition team found a crystal clear, acidic source lake sustained by vast, previously undocumented peatlands.
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Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Predators disappeared, resulting in an explosion in deer, further degrading the woodlands and peatlands.
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Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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Today, Europe leads a movement to restore peatlands and support farmers in paludiculture – growing crops in wetlands.
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Troy Aidan Sambajon,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Apr. 2025
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Scientists proposed maintaining high water levels in peatland in northern Europe and placing dead boreal trees in the deep Arctic Ocean as carbon sinks.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The conservation organization works to restore peatlands, replant native Caledonian pine forests, and reintroduce endangered species such as ptarmigans.
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Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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