As wind turbines on the horizon churn out clean energy, John Smyth bends to stack damp peat – the cheap, smoky fuel he has harvested for half a century. The painstaking work of “footing turf,” as the ...

A major part of the classic Estonian landscape is its bogs and meers, an ecosystem which even has global significance, according to Tallinn University (TLÜ) researcher Martin Küttim. In a short video ...

Photographer Shane Hynan explores the tension between the central role peat bogs play in Irish life and their wider environmental impact ...

Peat bogs, which cover 3% of the world's land surface, are special places. While historically often considered as worthless morasses, today they are recognised as beautiful habitats providing ...

Streamers of police tape decorated the deserted Offaly bog in central Ireland. Heavy rain poured down on Cathy Moore and Conor McDermott as they trudged through the thick mud. Their boots squelched ...

For five years, Dana Nelson distributed one of Canada's hottest footwear lines: Bogs. Sales of the pricey – and trendy – print-covered neoprene boots more than doubled every year, eventually ...

Peatlands are more than carbon sinks and havens for rare species. Amid rising security tensions, they are seen across Europe ...

Bogs are fascinating ecosystems, quite different from the desert we live in. Wade into these books featuring bogs — you might ...

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

What's so great about bogs you ask? As part of our Let's Plant Moor series with Moors For The Future, Charlotte Kenyon gives an excellent explanation into the benefit of blanket bogs for carbon ...

Peat bogs, which cover 3% of the world’s land surface, are special places. While historically often considered as worthless morasses, today they are recognised as beautiful habitats providing ...