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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 siúd atá ag plé le todhchaí na mbogach agus na dtailte portaigh in Éirinn agus ar fud an domhain. I gCeanada, taispeánann Line Rochefort, saineolaí domhanda ar athshlánú portaigh, na modhanna atá aici sfagnam a athchur. Cluinimid faoin tionchar millteanach atá ag an sciorradh talún agus tugaimid cuairt ar chathair san Ísiltír atá 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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Sun 6 Oct 202422:00

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