Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' ...

What’s a good replacement product for peat when I make or purchase potting mixes? Why shouldn’t we use peat products anymore?

Peat comes from wetlands (bogs) filled with partly decayed vegetation. The waterlogged conditions and acidity in these bogs prevent vegetation from decaying fully after death. Over thousands of ...

Researchers Identify 400-Yr-Old Scottish Tartan in a Peat Bog, Oldest Known Surviving Specimen of the Fabric A groundbreaking ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth’s carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs’ sequestration, the wetlands are under threat. On a cold winter ...

Over the past few centuries, and likely before then, men harvesting peat in European bogs have struck upon remarkable and, to the peat cutters, no doubt frightening discoveries. More than a ...

The peat bogs are a really special habitat. The moorland looks like it's empty and barren, but it’s actually full of life. The soil doesn’t let water drain away easily, so it stays wet.

Peat bogs are found in areas where there is lots of rain but poor drainage. These vital ecosystems are relied upon to deliver drinking water, host rare plant and bird life and to mitigate the risk ...

These soggy spots have been dismissed as inhospitable smudges on the map — even serving as a metaphor for corruption that ...

When most of us think of bog bodies, we think of northwestern Europe—Ireland, say, or Denmark. But North America has its peat bogs, too, and some of them contain the remarkably well-preserved ...

According to Defra, 1 hectare of restored blanket bog avoids 19 tonnes of carbon loss per year. Peat is the single biggest store of carbon in the UK, storing the equivalent of 20 years of all UK CO2 ...