First transmitted in 1954, Glyn Daniel and Sir Mortimer Wheeler discuss the well-preserved body of Tollund Man, a 2000-year-old Dane found in a peat bog. A collection of programmes charting the ...

The Koochiching County Board Tuesday set a date for a decision point about further development of the Pine Island horticultural peat bog northwest of Big Falls. Yves Gauthier, of Quebec-based ...

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 ...

Also known as peat moss, bog peat, or simply peat, the soil boasts a distinct set of qualities that make it both a challenge ...

In some countries, the accumulation of such vegetable matter covers large tracts of several miles in extent, and are called "peat bogs," such as in Ireland ; we call them peat meadows and peat swamps.

In the UK alone, peat bogs, moors and fens store about 3.2 billion tons of carbon - more than in woodlands and forests - but most are in a poor state after decades of being drained for farming or ...

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 ...

Most gardeners live a long way from peat bogs and may not see the appeal or the value of them but every time someone uses peat they're contributing to the destruction of this special and important ...

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has revealed several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis in humans. The results indicate that focusing ...

Said the Catholic union’s young Hendrik Grondman: “Our men will never go back to the peat bogs.” And Part Good Fellowship. There was one point I wanted to clear up. “Why,” I asked ...

The United Kingdom government should conserve peat bogs as a way of curbing climate change, the National Trust is urging, reports BBC. British bogs store carbon equivalent to about 20 years' worth ...

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 of ...