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Secrets of the Railways

Peat bogs are unstablemarshy landscapes covered with a layer of vegetation. It forms fugly...

Peat bogs are unstable
marshy landscapes covered with a layer of vegetation. It forms fugly mosses,
cotton grasses. Sphagnum moss in itself can
hold vast amounts of water. As I can display with this here. You can see there,
doesn't look much. Like a giant sponge constantly
growing and growing, taking in carbon. Fantastic carbon sink, but underneath, to try and
build on it, not so good

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Peat bogs are unstable marshy landscapes covered
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with a layer of vegetation.
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It forms fugly mosses, cotton grasses.
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Sphagnum moss in itself can hold vast amounts of water.
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As I can display with this here.
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You can see there, doesn't look much.
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Like a giant sponge constantly growing and growing,
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taking in carbon.
00:00:26.096 --> 00:00:28.008
Fantastic carbon sink,
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but underneath, to try and build on it, not so good.
Duration
32 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:08
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres

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Movie Summary

Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.