Peat bogs play a crucial role in storing carbon when they remain wet, but rising temperatures can dry them out, releasing ...

A project on Dartmoor to reprofile the landscape aims to return the springy bog – and carbon store – to its natural condition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the oldest nature reserves in Yorkshire is at increasing risk of drying out due to the impact of climate change, a charity ...

Amid widespread calls for extensive peatland restoration, that horticultural peat mining is continuing unabated in Ireland is ...

They account for just three per cent of the Earth's surface but play a major role in offsetting carbon dioxide emissions -- and now a team of scientists has discovered that the plants that make up ...

Peatlands are important players in the global carbon cycle, storing vast amounts of carbon in the ground. Water keeps bog soils wet and anaerobic, which facilitates this storage and keeps the ...

The new method by the SMART-NTU team uses satellite data and reduces the need for on-site sampling to derive the three-dimensional shapes of raised peatlands, also known as bogs, and hence the amount ...

A region-wide event celebrating peatland heritage is to be held in Cornwall on Sunday. The Peat-Fest South West at Sturrock Studio Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre, in Liskeard, is a free event ...

One of the oldest nature reserves in Yorkshire is at increasing risk of drying out due to the impact of climate change, a charity has said. Askham Bog in York, which was founded in 1946, is home to ...