On a summer's day in 1958, a walker in Salford found a human skull. Discovered in a peat bog, the man noticed a piece of bone ...

A: Peat moss has a unique ability to support healthy ... Post-harvest restoration and rehabilitation of peat bogs is a significant part of the certification process.

The peat bogs are a really special habitat ... Plants like sphagnum moss and others have adapted so that they can grow in these difficult wet conditions. When they die, they break down and ...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is backing a pioneering Manchester project involving a "super species" of moss that researchers say could be the answer in the fight against climate change.

A fountain has been replaced for the first time since the 1960s after a "gift" was made to a town. The new water feature at ...

Sphagnum moss is a key building block of peat and healthy blanket bog keeps the underlying peat banks safe. Sphagnum traps carbon dioxide and due to its water retention properties it also helps reduce ...

Another that captured my imagination was a QED special, titled The Body in the Bog. It detailed how, in 1984, a peat cutter at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, spotted what turned out to be a foot trundling ...

Sphagnum moss, which occurs in peatlands across the ... They play a role in the creation of peat bogs and, by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay of dead plant material ...

The UK's peatlands face an uncertain future amid the escalating impacts of climate change. Peatlands are critical ecosystems ...