| BBC: Scotland is sitting on a global warming time bomb according to a former government adviser on the environment. Prof James Curran said greenhouse gas released from moorlands could make climate change irreversible. He said moorland soil, which contains massive amounts of carbon, was drying up and eroding as temperatures rose causing the release of carbon dioxide. Prof Curran, who has just left enivornment protection agency Sepa, said it was happening on a large scale. ... |
