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Water Institute Seminar by Althea Grundling
2014-12-11 14:30 (America/Toronto) | QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West 1501 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
Dr. Althea Grundling, Agricultural Research Council, Institute for
Soil, Climate and Water, South Africa, will deliver a seminar: _South
African Peatlands_.

ABSTRACT

Not all wetlands in South Africa are peatlands. Peatlands are
characterised by the unique ability to accumulate and store dead
organic matter from wetland vegetation under almost permanent water
saturated conditions and low oxygen content. Peat is, therefore, not
only a resource for soil carbon but also fresh water.
