One such environment that facilitates preservation is the peat bogs or northern Europe ... others were killed using just one. For example, in Denmark, the body known as Tollund Man was hanged, whereas ...

Why shouldn’t we use peat products anymore? Are there any peat bogs in Minnesota? Answer: Gardeners have been adding peat moss to potting soil and gardens for years, and most commercial potting ...

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 ...

Peat comes from wetlands (bogs) filled with partly decayed vegetation. The waterlogged conditions and acidity in these bogs prevent vegetation from decaying fully after death. Over thousands 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. On a cold winter ...

Loppen in Christiania, Denmark is one of Scandinavia’s leading reggae venues. It has hosted big names including Beres Hammond, Israel Vibration, Chronixx and Kabaka Pyramid. On February 1 ...

A £1.8m peat restoration project began in Wicken Fen in October and within a few months cranes had appeared at the new habitat Cranes have appeared for the first time at a wetland nature reserve ...

The National Trust began a £1.8m peat restoration project in the autumn at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, to restore 531 acres (215 hectares) of peat. Ajay Tegala, from its countryside team ...

Call them swamps, bogs, fens — whatever you want. They go by many names and are often called peatlands. Only recently have we begun to appreciate peat. Locked away in that soggy soil under ankle ...

They play a role in the creation of peat bogs and, by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay of dead plant material and eventually form peat. Peatlands are vital ecosystems ...