The Scottish Highlands were once the site of extensive forests, but these forests have mostly disappeared and been replaced by peat bogs.
苏格兰高地曾经是大片森林的所在地，但这些森林大部分已经消失，取而代之的是泥炭沼泽。
As elsewhere in Indonesia, peat in Riau is disappearing.
像印尼其它地区一样，廖内省的泥炭土也在逐渐消失。
In peat pasture areas these emissions are particularly prevalent.
在草炭牧区这些排放尤其普遍。
Burning peat and vegetation produces smoke rich in tiny airborne particles.
燃烧的泥炭和植被产生的烟雾中充满微小的尘埃粒子。
During filming for Top Gear, it was claimed he damaged a peat bog in Scotland.
据说他在拍摄Top Gear时毁坏了苏格兰的一整片泥炭沼泽地。
Thick accumulations of peat can form only if the swamp basin slowly subsides.
只有当沼泽盆地慢慢下陷时，厚厚的泥炭堆积才能形成。
Next to the park is a stretch of peat-swamp forest, mostly degraded but rich in carbon.
紧靠着公园的是一片连绵的泥炭沼泽森林，大部分已经退化，不过富含碳元素。
Ridges of peat and pools of dark, acidic water form a patterned peatland near Moon Point.
月亮峰附近，隆起的泥炭和黑色水潭、酸性水形成有图案的泥炭地。
Most ancient peat forests die gradually, leaving only spotty evidence of what grew there.
大多数古代的泥炭森林都逐渐消失，只留下曾经存在过的零星证据。
But when it is low the peat itself catches light, making the fire much harder to extinguish.
但是当地下水位很低的时候，泥炭层自己也会着火，使得大火更加难以扑灭。
Apart from water, peat bogs are largely composed of huge volumes of saturated, undecayed plants.
除了水以外，泥碳沼泽绝大部分是由大量饱含水分却不会腐烂的植物组成。
The world’s smallest fish has been discovered in the peat swamps of the Indonesian Island of Sumatra.
世界上最小的鱼在印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛上的泥炭沼泽中被发现。
As the peat burns, an area that once trapped carbon dioxide has started releasing vast quantities of it.
大量的泥炭正在燃烧，这处曾经吸收二氧化碳的地方，如今却产生了大量二氧化碳。
Vast stretches of peat bog surrounding the city have dried out and caught fire covering Moscow with choking smog.
城市周围大面积分布的泥炭沼泽已经干涸着火，将莫斯科笼罩在令人窒息的烟雾中。
Whether plunging through a steep-sided gorge or oozing through a peat bog, water is a constant presence in the park.
无论是从陡峭的峡谷中跃出，还是从泥炭沼泽中渗出，水总是在公园中无处不见。
The species of microbes were also similar to those found in other polar environments, such as Arctic peat or tundra.
所发现的微生物种类也与其它极地环境如北极的泥炭或苔原相似。
At the Botanical garden on a hill above St John's, two areas showcase native species: the rock garden and the peat garden.
在圣约翰的一座小山上有一个植物园，里边有两个地方展示了本地物种：石园和泥炭园。
But green groups say that hardly helps, since peat bogs have varying depths, and draining a shallow part will erode the rest.
但是环保团体说，这基本没什么用，泥炭沼泽深度不一，排干浅层将破坏其它部分。
He's chasing his sixth championship, a second three-peat, and still, Kobe Bryant doesn't want to talk about Twitter followers.
科比在追逐着他的第六个总冠军，第二次三连冠，他仍然不想谈关于Twitter追随者的事。
Farmers at Larsha have taken steps to protect against fires that break out in forests and peat bogs every year in Nizhny Novgorod.
拉尔沙农场的农民每年都采取步骤，防止下诺夫哥罗德的森林和泥炭沼爆发火灾。
When the forest is on peat, as in much of central Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua, the cost of Indonesia's messy land use becomes epic.
而当这些森林位于泥炭之上时，印尼混乱的土地使用将让人们付出极为沉重的代价，在加里曼丹中部、苏门答腊(Sumatra)以及巴布亚(Papua)的许多地区，情况便是如此。
Such a peat slide happened at a wind farm at Derrybrien in Ireland in 2003, probably cancelling out all the benefits of building the wind farm.
2003年，爱尔兰戴利布伦（Derrybrien）一家风力发电厂就发生了一次这样的泥炭地滑坡，很有可能因此抵消了建造风力电厂的所有好处。
Under a blazing sun, farmers were digging trenches in Nizhny Novgorod on Sunday to stop wildfires in nearby forests and peat bogs from advancing on their land.
周日，下诺夫哥罗德，农民正在烈日下挖沟，阻挡来自附近森林和泥炭沼的山火，蔓延到自己的耕地。
Carbon monoxide pollution has risen to 10 times above the maximum permitted levels, he says, in large part due to burning organic matter in dried-out peat bogs.
一氧化碳含量已经达到最大允许含量的十倍，他说，很大程度上是因为干涸的泥炭沼泽中有机物的燃烧。
There is probably some double-counting in the two sets of figures, because many peat bogs are found in forests, and are thus drained as those forests are cleared.
在这两组数据中很可能出现了重复计算，因为许多泥炭湿地都是在森林里，因此在森林被砍伐的同时它们也被排干了。
There is probably some double-counting in the two sets of figures, because many peat bogs are found in forests, and are thus drained as those forests are cleared.
在这两组数据中很可能出现了重复计算，因为许多泥炭湿地都是在森林里，因此在森林被砍伐的同时它们也被排干了。
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