peat
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“Neither alive nor dead,” she writes, “suspended between present and past, peat is one of the strongest and most resilient resources on our planet. And yet, it is easily destroyed by human hands.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
She brings us to Greenland where, remarkably, new peat is slowly forming in areas where glacial ice is melting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Fire and smoke exposure impose measurable physiological, behavioural and ecological costs on orangutans in peat forest habitats," the conservation network said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Beneath her boots is peat, built up over thousands of years and consisting of partially decayed plants and organic matter.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
What a strange find the two of us would make a thousand years from now, I thought, preserved together in the peat.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing peat
Western Europe - Introductory
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