To the untrained eye it looks like a vast expanse of empty moorland, but the Flow Country holds a secret. Beneath the surface it contains more than double the carbon of all UK forests combined.
Peatlands have always had a place in art, writing and poetry. In times of global warming these cultural reflections can help open up debate about the biodiversity and climate crisis.
Long seen as wastelands, Scotland’s bogs are now the scene of an intense restoration effort in which millions of exotic trees are being felled to fight climate change.
