total carbon, total nitrogen, the chemistry and microbiology changes that go on with the drying out of that peat area. and what if it is continuing to dry out? what does that mean for the archaeological remains? it's catastrophe. as those peat areas dry out, it changes the chemistry, which then impacts on the artefacts underneath that peat level. say it how it is — they rot away, don't they? they will disappear. we will lose our heritage. and climate change isn'tjust putting archaeological treasures at risk at sites like this, the roman fort of vindolanda just along hadrian's wall. there are reckoned to be more than 22,000 archaeological sites in uk peatlands. rosie everett has been assessing the effect of climate change on peatland archaeology across the country. peatland represents such a small
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