A couple years back, 99 p. I producer Emmett Fitzgerald brought us a beautiful story about Pete

Polks. Pete is essential for biodiversity and for the climate. It is really, really good at storing carbon. But like

a lot of things that we cover on the show, Pete often goes unnoticed in part because it is literally

out of sight underground.

We've noticed peat and carbon sequestration

more and more in the news lately.

Journalists have been brilliantly covering stories

about the tree planting movement,

private ownership of Scotland's bogs, and the threat to

peat in the Congo Basin. Couple that with even more extreme weather happening

in more places and we thought it would be a good idea to repeat this story.

Did you really think I could resist that?

I mean, I'm only human.

Anyway, enjoy. This is 99% invisible.

This is 99% invisible.

I'm Roman Mars.

As we wrote this script, wildfires were ripping through Northern California, burning millions of acres and filling our beautiful city with smoke.

At the same time, across the country, a massive tropical storm bore down on the Gulf

coast and Phoenix, Arizona recorded its 50th day of the year above 10 degrees.

We know that these stories are connected to a bigger story,

and honestly, trying to keep on top of all the bad climate news

can be unbearably depressing.

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