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Peat Bogs Destroying Bad Environment Biodiversity Important Store

Front What are peat bogs and why destroying them is bad for environment and biodiversity.
Back They are a very important store of carbon. We call them 
carbon sinks
. If all the peat was removed and burned this would quickly release a huge volume of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and contribute to the 
greenhouse effect
. Destroys habitats of organisms too.

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