Experts are analysing Thorne and Hatfield Moors in a bid to restore and preserve the UK's peatlands.
Peat bogs are a wetland habitat made up of decomposed plants which are seen as crucial in their effect on the climate as they store twice as much carbon dioxide as a rainforest.
They help prevent the release of carbon dioxide, which scientists say warms Earth's atmosphere in a process that leads to climate change.The team, involving scientists from Durham University, Natural England and Ordnance Survey , said detailed and highly accurate mapping of the peatlands was needed to monitor its health and "help identify areas for future restoration, or in need of additional protection".
As part of the project, experts will record different types of vegetation species, monitor greenhouse gas emission types and establish the water table at the site, which is part of Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve located between Doncaster and Goole, East Yorkshire.
At the time of the peat sale ban announcement, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs had said degradation of the UK's peatland arose from agricultural use, overgrazing and burning, as well as "extraction for use in growing media". Peat was also a "frequently misused" product by households and amateur gardeners.Follow BBC Yorkshire on
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