The Tollund Man was c. 30-40 years old when he died by hanging c. 405-380 BCE. He wasfound in 1950 in a bog c. 10 km west of ...

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.

Bogs hold a key to climate solutions through carbon sequestration, but many have been drained In Illinois alone, more than 90 percent of wetlands have been lost.

Northland peat bogs are carbon hogs, if they are intact The U.S. Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy are researching how restored bogs help slow climate change.

Where a healthy blanket bog is waterlogged, tree roots take up and drain that water from the peat. Likewise, the trees are not suited to the waterlogged, acidic conditions and struggle against the ...

Ancient oaks found at a peat bog could provide the secrets of man's first activity there around 5,000 years ago.

As peat moss sources become limited, coconut coir provides an alternative Peat moss, dug from bogs, has been the holy grail of soil amendments and potting mixes.

Much more sustainable than peat moss, coco coir does just as well at amending soil without creating an ecological impact.

Peat bogs are found around the world. In cold, high-latitude locales like Canada and Russia, they’re often carpeted in sphagnum moss. In the warmer tropics, they tend to be swampy forests with trees ...

A peat bog restoration project has been launched in Cumbria. The project, on Low Fell in the western Lake District, has been launched by Workington-based company Chimney Sheep, which sells wool ...

Crowberry Bog on the Olympic Peninsula is like no other place in Washington. It’s a raised bog that sits like an inflated bladder above the surrounding forest — the first of its kind to be ...

Why bother about bogs? A wet pristine bog locks up CO2 in the ground and, unlike trees, has no time limit to the amount of carbon it captures as it has a much longer ‘life expectancy’ - many bogs are ...