The study, published in Nature Communicationsmaps for the first time in high resolution where drained peatlands in the EU emit the most CO₂ and nitrous oxide, explains RTV1 out. “The area in which the Peat Colonies are located, together with Northwest Germany, forms one large peat landscape,” Van Giersbergen emphasizes. “You see the same patterns as in the Green Heart: where peat has been drained, emissions skyrocket.”
