Warmer temperatures caused by climate change have improved conditions for plant growth in the Arctic
Arctic peatlands are expanding as the climate warms, new research showed Thursday, a change that could slow global heating in the near term bu…
Cultivated peatlands account for some five percent of greenhouse gas emissions
Irish turf dries in a field before being used as a traditional way of heating Irish homes in Carragh, west of Dublin
Peatlands, such as this area in southern Dorset in England, contain comparable amounts of carbon to rainforests
Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to determine, could he…