Works to capture benefits of peatland restoration

Researchers at the University of Stirling are working with Scottish Water to capture data focused on underpinning the key benefits of peatland restoration work in the fight against climate change.

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A range of high-tech scientific monitoring equipment has been installed in two locations on land above Loch Katrine, where Scottish Water is carrying out one of its biggest peatland restoration projects to date.

The equipment will collect and compare data on the levels of carbon stored within healthy peatland compared to that which is dried out and degrading.

A water quality monitoring buoy has also been deployed on the loch itself to capture data on the levels of dissolved carbon in the water, as well as other organic material that has been washed into the loch from the surrounding land during heavy rainfall.