The Current: Understanding peat and its role in fighting climate change
CBC Radio’s The Current with Matt Galloway recently hosted science and environment writer Edward Struzik (Fellow at the Queen’s University Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy). Edward tackles the world of peatlands in his new book, Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs and the Improbable World of Peat. He talks about how humans have misunderstood peatlands for decades and why we’re paying the price for it now.
Click here to listen to the interview.
Edward also wrote a recent article in the Queen’s Gazette touching on these same topics: