If we want to protect the world's peatlands 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. Karl-Josef ...

The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils ...

New research from Trinity College Dublin, University of Galway, and Queen's University Belfast has revealed that peat soils - which are vital for locking away greenhouse gases - are much more abundant ...

New simulations have provided clues on reducing uncontrolled peat fires, which hide underground and are notoriously bad for human health and the environment. Imperial College London researchers have ...

Thank peat for that scotchy flavor of Scotch whisky: The muck forms in Scotland’s bogs, when layer after layer of dead vegetation resists decay and compresses into fuel, which is burned during scotch ...

Soil is the foundation of life on Earth and holds huge importance for agriculture. In addition to this, every other sector, like construction, also relies on different soil types to function ...