Canada's Fridge-Sized Peat Storage Threatened By Metal-Hungry Miners
Welcome to the Hudson Bay peatlands, a 90-million-acre mossy mega-fridge acting as Earth's personal deep freezer, storing five times more carbon per acre than the Amazon. Home to polar bears with 200-year-old dens and Arctic terns flying all the way from Antarctica just for the nesting party, this ecosystem is basically Mother Nature's climate MVP. Janet Sumner from Wildlands League calls it the 'breathing lands'—because who doesn’t want oxygen from ancient moss sponges? But now Ontario's premier Doug Ford wants to open this giant moss fridge for nickel-mining to dodge Trump’s trade wars. First Nations and conservationists say 'Wait, these carbon lungs took thousands of years to fill—don’t roast them in a battery oven!'
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Mining rare metals in Canada’s peatlands? That’s like smashing your phone to charge it faster. Spoiler alert: the planet’s lungs don’t appreciate being turned into battery scrap. Spoiler 2: The 'Ring of Fire' sounds less like a fun festival and more like a climate emergency theme park.
Hudson Bay peatlands store carbon like a boss, yet get less love than a Netflix cancelation. Mining those rare metals might be the plot twist where Earth finally loses its chill... literally.
If peatlands are Earth’s refrigerator, then Ontario’s mining plans are the equivalent of leaving the fridge door open and wondering why your veggies smell funky. Climate villains, assemble!
Source: Vox | Published: 10/17/2025 | Author: Anna North
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