In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
Neal Flanagan, right, a research scientist at Duke University, uses a tool to take a soil sample from a peatland as Curt Richardson, an ecology professor at Duke, observes Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Belhaven, N.C. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)2026-09-09T13:02:44Z BELHAVEN, N.C. (AP...