Our founding fathers had it right. They had seen what happens when religion infects the halls of power, so they created a ...

Wetlands ecologist Sigit Sasmito describes how growing up in rural Indonesia influenced his interest in peatlands and ...

The Welsh Government has met its peatland restoration targets a year early. That means they are saving more than 8,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

Peatlands are regarded as among the most valuable ecosystems on the planet. Not only do they support a range of specialised plants and animals, they also act as a major store of soil carbon.

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Peatlands are incredibly special habitats, made up of highly adapted plant species and home to a range of rare and important wildlife. They absorb carbon from the atmosphere and lock it up in peat.

Around the world, wildfires are moving underground, burning up massive carbon deposits. The resulting emissions threaten to ...

Peat extracted from wetlands is often used as an energy source or for farming purposes, emitting large amounts of carbon ...

Peatlands are vital to efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions, and the Minnesota DNR is in charge of both saving them and leasing them to peat mining companies. ©2024 The Minnesota. Visit ...

Finnish MPs across party lines have condemned environmental activists who spray-painted the entrance pillars of the Finnish ...

SABINE JORDAN:Yeah, it's a carbon sink. COMM:Peatlands only cover a tiny fraction of the planet, but they store more than twice as much carbon as all the forests in the world and if they’re left ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester, The University of Aberdeen and Newcastle University have found that the restoration of upland peatlands is a highly effective strategy for reducing ...