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Jun 20, 2026
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Paths carved into boreal peatlands for oil and gas exploration could be speeding up climate change: study
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Thousands of paths, known as seismic lines, carved into Canada's boreal peatlands for oil and gas exploration could be speeding up climate change, suggests a study from University of Waterloo researchers. In Alberta's boreal peatlands alone, these paths, found in B.C. and Saskatchewan as well, are long enough to wrap around the Earth nine times.
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