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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close up of two hands holding peat moss - Tortoon/Getty Images When it comes to gardening or soil health, both peat and peat ...

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 ...

With growing awareness of peat's importance in planet ecosystems, environmental experts are now asking gardeners to reduce or eliminate using it.

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

Peat soils represent a unique class of organic deposits characterised by high water content, low shear strength and pronounced compressibility. These materials are formed from the partial ...

There has been a rapid expansion in growing crops such as maize to produce biomethane as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, to help reach Net Zero. But some of this increased cultivation, on ...