Climate change: How a giant moss 'sponge' is protecting towns from flooding

More than 150 years of damage to peatland on Holcombe Moor near Manchester means it no longer absorbs rain water.

Thomas Moore looks at a groundbreaking project to reinvigorate the peatland, a move that will stop nearby towns and villages from flooding.

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