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but prolonged dry weather makes restoring areas like this difficult, and peatlands are vital for our environment. when it s wet, it ll suck in carbon and it ll store carbon. but this, at the moment, is letting carbon out, so it s doing a complete opposite job that it should be doing. so it s not good for the environment. i think it s climate change. i mean, ithink this is. this seems to be what the wildlife trust are saying. we are saying that climate change is affecting areas like this. the fact that the water table is so low. across much of the region, evidence of the exceptionally dry weather, even across the pennines this is woodhead reservoir. but water company united utilities says their reservoirs in cumbria are at near normal levels, so there are no plans to impose water restrictions. back at little woolden moss, the teams are building barriers or bunds to help retain water in future. rain is forecast this week, but it ll take months of wet weather to restore this area.

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