maybe archaeology. what can be done? well, maybe we archaeology. what can be done? well, maybe we can change the way the land is farmed. maybe we can change the way the land is farmed, get rid of agricultural drainage is farmed, get rid of agricultural drainage systems. that may slow down the process drainage systems. that may slow down the process of drying out of the peat the process of drying out of the peat but. the process of drying out of the peat. but, say archaeologists, it wont peat. but, say archaeologists, it won t stop peat. but, say archaeologists, it won t stop it. maybe we need to bring won t stop it. maybe we need to bring forward some digs, try to recover bring forward some digs, try to recover as bring forward some digs, try to recover as many of the objects as this as recover as many of the objects as this as we recover as many of the objects as this as we can. but, they say, we do have this as we can. but, they say, we do have to this as w
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