peat
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Researchers, who combined fieldwork with satellite data, suggested that "unusually dry conditions" and "flammable vegetation" enabled the fire to burn deep peat soils.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The building was made from locally gathered clay and peat, with sedge grass for its thatched roof.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The land, situated on the Somerset Levels and Moors, is one of the few areas in the UK that still holds deep lowland peat - which are waterlogged wetland ecosystems.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
As a result, they may overlook slower, less visible fires that smolder deep within peat and organic soils.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
The ground was broken by rifts and pits of naked black peat, where water lay and sharp white stones, some as big as a pigeon’s, some as a rabbit’s skull, glimmered in the moonlight.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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