If we want to protect the world's peatland ecosystems and do something for the climate, then we need to stop using peaty soil when gardening. Here's what you need to look out for on a bag of soil.

Peat is an unusual kind of soil that forms in rainy areas with poor drainage, so the earth becomes waterlogged. In the UK, ...

"Keen gardeners tend to buy the compost they know and trust, and up until recently peat-free ones have had a reputation for being unreliable." Because of commercial extraction, only about 6,000 ...

The bodies of three of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania were found Monday after their armored ...

A forest being felled to fuel the Wick District Heating Scheme will be restored to peat bog to improve its biodiversity and ...

Anne also goes to the Netherlands, where she learns of the role in peat extraction of the country’s most iconic symbol – the windmill.

Most of Ireland’s peatlands emit carbon because of land drainage and peat extraction over many decades, even though they should be natural carbon sinks. This forced the Government to put in ...