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Table of specimens, Govan Graving Docks
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Glasgow - Govan Graving Docks
Table of specimens, Govan Graving Docks
29 October 2013
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
View from the observation tower, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Peat bund blocks the drainage from Flanders Moss raised bog
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A peat bund blocks the drainage from the raised bog, helping to raise the water table and re-wet the bog following previous drainage when ditches were dug and peat removed to create agricultural land, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source. In the background is an observation tower which gives good views over the bog.
20 October 2021
Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source. In the background is an observation tower which gives good views over the bog.
20 October 2021
Pools due to high water table, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Pools dot the raised bog where the water table comes to the surface due to bog rewetting following the blocking of drainage ditches, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. A wet bog is a carbon sink - it sequesters carbon, whereas a dry bog becomes a carbon source.
20 October 2021
Dying coniferous sapling, Flanders Moss
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
A dying coniferous sapling on Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire, being killed off by a high wtaer table due to bog rewetting.
20 October 2021
Pushing machine for moving ingots, Ravenscraig Steelworks
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Ravenscraig steelworks in the 1970s
Pushing machine for moving ingots, Ravenscraig Steelworks, North Lanarkshire, scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar in the 1970s
