Gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, is destroying rare peatland swamps that serve as critical carbon sinks, a new study found. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, used 35 years ...

Hundreds of hectares of peatland is being restored in a project which aims to prevent Glasgow's tap water turning brown during extreme rain. Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the ...

This groundbreaking project, titled “Improving Falkland Peatland GHG Data: Understanding Carbon Sequestration and Offsetting Feasibility,” aims to not only address environmental concerns but ...

Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium. Our critic calls his survey “scintillating and sweeping.” By ...

The houses of two of Sweden’s most influential artists and designers, Carl and Karin Larsson, came to shape the country’s national identity — and now represent an aesthetic ideal. By Nancy ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Understanding changing seasons can enhance resilience to climate change by influencing collective memory and societal responses. Research highlights how shifts ...

Credit: Taillardat et al. [2025], Figure 1 Approximately 41% of Southeast Asia’s peatland forests were impacted by land-use change, and conversion to tree plantations is one of the most common ...

Natural England has used an AI model to develop a highly detailed map of peatland across the country. It has completed the AI4Peat project, working with partners include the National Trust, Moors for ...

An increase in global temperatures could stimulate microbial photosynthesis in peatlands, boosting the wetland ecosystems' CO2 sequestration ability by up to 14%, a new study has found. An increase in ...

March 25, 2025 • Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

Mar. 28, 2025 — Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of ...