Ancient human remains discovered in an Irish bog in October 2023 don't belong to a teenage boy as originally assumed but ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

New research into ancient human remains discovered in Bellaghy has revealed that what was potentially thought to be a male, is in fact most likely a decapitated female aged between 17 and 22 years old ...

On a summer's day in 1958, a walker in Salford found a human skull. Discovered in a peat bog, the man noticed a piece of bone ...

60% of the UK’s bogs or peatland is in Scotland, a lot of which is in the very north, or the Highlands, of Scotland. The Red Moss of Balerno is one of only twenty raised peat bogs still ...

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 ...

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 ...