Why Are Peatlands So Important?

Positives

• Dr. Greta Dargie and her team explore the world's largest tropical peatland complex.
• The reading highlights the importance of peat and how despite only covering about 3% of Earth's land surface, it accounts for over one-third of carbon stock.

Additional Prerequisites

• The content of the video ends at 2:38 and the remaining time is the credits and an outro.
• Students should understand the importance and relevance of carbon storage to combat the climate crisis.

Differentiation

• Students can research different ways that carbon gets sequestered and stored, and compare those to the effectiveness of peatlands.
• Students in economics classes can analyze businesses that benefit financially from the degradation of peatlands and suggest alternative options.
• Students in chemistry classes can describe the types of peat analyses Dr. Dargie and her team might conduct in their lab.