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  "id": 6426217,
  "title": "In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/in-north-carolina-a-race-is-on-to-restore-critical-peatland-before-it",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-09T13:48:26.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-north-carolina-critical-peatland-dries.html"
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  "summary": "The birds are up with the sunrise—warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}