
Pressures on buried ancient pollen
Ancient pollen buried in peat bogs tells us about plant colonisation since the last glaciers melted, but it is at risk.
Ancient pollen buried in peat bogs tells us about plant colonisation since the last glaciers melted, but it is at risk.
The history of landscape evolution since the end of the last glaciation is preserved in the layers of sediment within peat bogs and on loch beds.
These ‘environmental archives’:
Disturbance to our peat bogs and loch bed sediments may destroy this record. Such archives are vulnerable to land improvement changes, especially drainage of bogs and commercial peat extraction.
NatureScot can advise on the management and conservation of Scotland’s environmental archives.
Contact your local NatureScot area office.