PEAT STUDY GUIDE EXAMS SET COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 VIEW
AHEAD TEST.
◍ How much peat is there?. Ans: about 500 billion metric tons,
about twice as much carbon is is present in all the worlds trees
half as much as is currently in the atm
◍ Limits on peat buildup. Ans: drought-kills moss, introuces
oxygen, accelerated decompostion erodes the upper layers,
additionally the peat can catch fire
changed hydrology-more water flow adds o2 and removes acidity
◍ Biomass removal by people. Ans: peat mining-.1% per yr, not just
the harvested peat is lost, increases drainage causing drying and
decomposition
without disruptions, pear accumulates .5-5m/1000yr -"renewable
resource"
◍ Importance of Peat. Ans: sequesting carbon dioxide from the atm
in fact peat is the starting material for coal and oil
preserving anthropological artifacts
peat mining and farming of human bodies many still clothed
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 VIEW
AHEAD TEST.
◍ How much peat is there?. Ans: about 500 billion metric tons,
about twice as much carbon is is present in all the worlds trees
half as much as is currently in the atm
◍ Limits on peat buildup. Ans: drought-kills moss, introuces
oxygen, accelerated decompostion erodes the upper layers,
additionally the peat can catch fire
changed hydrology-more water flow adds o2 and removes acidity
◍ Biomass removal by people. Ans: peat mining-.1% per yr, not just
the harvested peat is lost, increases drainage causing drying and
decomposition
without disruptions, pear accumulates .5-5m/1000yr -"renewable
resource"
◍ Importance of Peat. Ans: sequesting carbon dioxide from the atm
in fact peat is the starting material for coal and oil
preserving anthropological artifacts
peat mining and farming of human bodies many still clothed
