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 ...

What exactly is bog snorkelling? The clue is in the name, but basically participants swim along a water-filled trench that has been cut into a peat bog – using a snorkel and face mask to breathe ...

Over the past few centuries, and likely before then, men harvesting peat in European bogs have struck upon remarkable and, to the peat cutters, no doubt frightening discoveries. More than a ...

By the 2080s, climate change will mean most of Britain’s peatlands could be too dry to form new peat. That’s the stark ...