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An FĂłd a Sheasamh

Episode 3 of 3

What lies ahead for the world’s peatlands? Cormac hears about a Canadian scientist replanting sphagnum, the devastating effects of bog slides, and a Dutch city that is slowly sinking.

Buaileann Cormac leo siĂșd atĂĄ ag plĂ© le todhchaĂ­ na mbogach agus na dtailte portaigh in Éirinn agus ar fud an domhain. I gCeanada, taispeĂĄnann Line Rochefort, saineolaĂ­ domhanda ar athshlĂĄnĂș portaigh, na modhanna atĂĄ aici sfagnam a athchur. Cluinimid faoin tionchar millteanach atĂĄ ag an sciorradh talĂșn agus tugaimid cuairt ar chathair san ÍsiltĂ­r atĂĄ ag dul i dtalamh.

Cormac meets those looking to the future of the world’s bog and peatlands in Ireland and throughout the world. In Canada, bog restoration expert Line Rochefort,shows her methods of replanting sphagnum. We hear of the devastating effects of bog slides and visit a Dutch city that is sinking into its peaty soil.

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