This winter the the Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge began restoring one of the state's unique natural resources: peatlands in ...

Tim Searchinger from Princeton calls it "the first serious plan anyone has agreed to with real money and real teeth to reduce ...

Peatlands are regarded as among the most valuable ecosystems on the planet. Not only do they support a range of specialised plants and animals, they also act as a major store of soil carbon.

The conservation of healthy and active peatlands and the restoration of degraded peatlands is now a global priority. It is ...

"They know it is protecting their reputation, and they're still producing." Farmers' major 'gas' issue leads to world-first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A wildlife charity is urging the government to fulfil its promise to ban the sale of peat. Peatlands, which cover just three ...

The Indonesian company responsible for the largest amount of deforestation, PT Mayawana Persada, has largely ceased clearing ...

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 ...

A research team led by The University of Manchester’s Dr Jonathan Ritson has been awarded a prestigious Bezos Earth Fund ...