HALLE-WITTENBERG, October 29 (WNM/Diversity and Distributions/Tom Leonhardt) - There are only a few healthy ombrotrophic bogs, raised bogs and spring mires left in Germany. They used to cover large swathes of north-western Germany. Today they are still found in the foothills of the Alps and on low mountain ranges, for example in the Black Forest. They are very sensitive ecosystems that are highly dependent on certain climatic conditions. "These bogs and spring mires are seismographs of climate change. ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...