Peatlands are incredibly special habitats, made up of highly adapted plant species and home to a range of rare and important wildlife. They absorb carbon from the atmosphere and lock it up in peat.

Casey Bryce receives research funding from UKRI, the Leverhulme Trust and the University of Bristol. She is affiliated with The University of Bristol and holds a University of Bristol policy ...

The headline goal of the UK's peatland strategy—a framework published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that sets out how to improve UK peatlands—is simple ...

The absence of scientific data and lack of mention of peatlands in the area’s master plan means locals and policymakers are ...

SABINE JORDAN: Yeah, it's a carbon sink. ADE: Peatlands only cover a tiny fraction of the planet, but they store more than twice as much carbon as all the forests in the world and if they’re ...

The upland peatlands of the UK have been severely eroded because of industrial pollution, overgrazing, drainage and other human actions. Research from The University of Manchester is helping to ...

Britain and Ireland hold over 20% of the world's blanket bog Peatlands are a natural carbon sink, absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere and burying it in the soil. In Europe alone, they lock up about ...

Landowners in Pembrokeshire could qualify for between £10,000 and £250,000 in government funding to restore peatland landscapes.

Home to staggering biodiversity like forest elephants, chimpanzees and gorillas, the Congo Basin’s importance for climate and ...

Melting permafrost in Alaska and other northern regions could unleash large amounts of warming gases from peatlands The world's peatlands will become a large source of greenhouse gases as ...

Known as “carbon sinks,” mangroves, peatlands and boreal forests have helped cool the Earth for thousands of years. By storing billions of tons of CO2 in their soil and vegetation, and locking ...

The headline goal of the UK’s peatland strategy – a framework published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that sets out how to improve UK peatlands – is simple, yet ...