Huge chunks of peat eroded from the side of the Upper Esk by extreme flooding in the Lake District,UK. The moorland peat is a huge carbon sink,which releases its stored carbon when damaged. This is a classic example of a climate change feedback loop. Flooding,more frequent as a result of climate change,is releasing yet more carbon,thus further increasing climate change | |
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