Articole | | Încărcat de: Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges
Europe is felling trees and flooding agricultural fields to revive wetlands, block hidden CO2 emissions, restore biodiversity lost centuries ago, and demonstrate why wetlands capture more carbon than poorly positioned forests in the current global climate battle
A breakthrough in Europe is reversing old drainage patterns: by flooding agricultural fields and removing trees out of their habitat, Belgium is reactivating peatlands, reducing CO2 emissions and accelerating the return of species. The project shows why wetlands act as climate sponges, filtering water and storing carbon for millennia.
Europe is changing what seemed untouchable: instead of expanding drainage and keeping the land permanently „dry” for production, teams in Belgium are reverting to… flood agricultural fields and fell trees to revive ancient wetlands and stop a silent carbon leak that had been occurring for decades.
Tag-uri: Calitatea aerului, Emisii de CO₂