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
"So you could be looking at decades, centuries, millennia before the actual lost peat itself begins to build back up."
From BBC • May 2, 2026
According to historical records, the shield was found buried upright in peat alongside six others – though the whereabouts of those remains unclear.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Although forests in the western U.S. generally do not contain the same thick peat soils found in northern boreal regions, several other factors still influence wildfire emissions.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
I was sitting in mine beside the fire, a small, hot, heavy-scented fire of peat from the Shenshey Bogs, when Estraven came in.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Western Europe - Introductory
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