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 afternoon, ...

Learn how peat moss—a common element of container gardening—affects climate change and what you can use as a sustainable ...

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 soils have a unique ability to block this type of naturally occurring radiation, drastically reducing the number of ...

The Red Moss of Balerno is one of only twenty raised peat bogs still surviving in this ... gas that’s linked to global warming. Carbon sink – carbon that is stored in living or dead plant ...

Kant BFU, allowed us to estimate the ratio of carbon loss components during the destruction of peat deposits in abandoned peat mining. The authors drew conclusions about the removal of carbon from the ...

According to Defra, 1 hectare of restored blanket bog avoids 19 tonnes of carbon loss per year. Peat is the single biggest store of carbon in the UK, storing the equivalent of 20 years of all UK CO2 ...

SABINE JORDAN: Yeah, it's a carbon sink. ADE: Peatlands only cover a tiny ... Sabine had brought me to a peat bog that had been drained and was being dug up. At the back there’s even more ...

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 afternoon ...