Water, Carbon, Time
Exploring Peatlands in a Warming World
$34.99
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
Revealing the hidden worlds of peatlands and their potential to fight climate change
Bogs, fens, mires, moors, muskegs, and pocosins—they are found in nearly all the world’s climatic zones but are easily overlooked in our landscapes. Yet these murky ecosystems formed of decay are both full of life and crucial to our planetary wellbeing: covering only about three percent of the earth’s surface, peatlands store more carbon than all the world’s forests combined. In W…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781517921392 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1517921392 |
| Author: | Jennifer de Mooy |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Imprint: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Like a coring drill plunging deep into a bog, Water, Carbon, Time digs far into the past, and looks far into the future, to examine the unsung role that peatlands play in climate, ecology, and biodiversity. Jennifer de Mooy’s graceful writing makes this book not only illuminating but a joy to read.” —Scott Weidensaul, author of The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet
“Jennifer de Mooy explores the vast drama of an ecosystem shaped by the powers of water, politics, and economics. Peatlands contain layered portraits of the past, present, and future, storing millennia of human history and ancient environmental changes and making clear just how high the stakes are in a warming world.” —Anna Farro Henderson, author of Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood
“Jennifer de Mooy’s book is a welcome addition to a small but growing body of literature devoted to the wonderful, restorative powers of peat. Water, Carbon, Time is more than a call to action. It’s an engaging travelogue that animates the underlying beauty of these spongy ecosystems.” —Edward Struzik, author of Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat
Jennifer de Mooy
Jennifer de Mooy has worked in conservation, environmental protection, and climate policy for forty years. For two decades she designed and implemented projects with The Nature Conservancy to protect and restore natural habitats, and for ten years she worked with the Delaware state environmental agency, promoting climate mitigation policies that enhance the capacity of plant communities to absorb and store carbon.
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