How to Use peatland in a Sentence
peatland
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Forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline can be found across the land.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
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But over time, peatlands have been misunderstood and mistreated.
—Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Most of the world’s peatlands are concentrated at higher latitudes closer to the poles or in the tropics.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
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One company made cardboard boxes with 10% peatland biomass.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2025
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For many decades, commercial logging was allowed to tear up hundreds to thousands of square miles of reindeer peatland habitat.
—Matthew L. Druckenmiller, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2023
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The lonely views of distillery stacks—undercut by peatlands, circled by barley fields burning gold—are ever-present.
—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.
—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.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Predators disappeared, resulting in an explosion in deer, further degrading the woodlands and peatlands.
—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.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2025
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Degraded peatlands also release greenhouse gases, contributing to climate change.
—Matthew L. Druckenmiller, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2023
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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.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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The Sámi and their partners are working to replant turf and rewild 125,000 acres (52,000 hectares) of peatlands for reindeer grazing.
—Matthew L. Druckenmiller, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2023
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The conservation organization works to restore peatlands, replant native Caledonian pine forests, and reintroduce endangered species such as ptarmigans.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
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