New research shows instead of being part of the answer to climate change, peat bogs could become a victim of it. Peat is formed over thousands of years from partially decayed plants in waterlogged ...

Outside the Midlands, most peatlands in Ireland, especially in the West, are described as blanket bog. They form in areas ...

Moreover, the processes of blanket bog formation provide a significant example of carbon sequestration on a large scale. The property holds between 29 and 34 peat forming species of Sphagnum moss, ...

"If green is the color of Ireland, and a soft day the touch, and poteen the taste, and harp music the sound, then a turf fire ...

The exhibit, which combines prehistoric bison bones with original art, was the brainchild of local artist Hans Gilsdorf, who ...

The bodies of three of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania were found Monday after their armored vehicle sank into a peat bog during training. The Army said the ...

Sphagnum moss, which is a vital plant in the formation of peat bogs, is able to hold 20 times its own weight in water Restoration work is being carried out all over the country. In England ...

New research shows instead of being part of the answer to climate change, peat bogs could become a victim ... % to 100% of its suitable area for peat formation by 2061 to 2080.