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When most of us think of bog bodies, we think of northwestern Europe—Ireland, say, or Denmark. But North America has its peat bogs, too, and some of them contain the remarkably well-preserved ...

The bog covers an area ... taken samples of the peat back to the UK to analyse it and confirm its age. "Peatlands are formed because the plant matter going into the soil is not fully decomposed ...

Although sales of peat ... bog in the UK remain in pristine or near-natural condition. The latest government figures show that 62 per cent of the peat we use in growing media and soil conditioners ...

“Earthy is an often-evoked note, but rarely is it so visceral; sodden soil and the ferns that thrive there. In a comically linear way, the peat harvested from a bog carries that character to the ...

The United Kingdom government should conserve peat bogs as a way of curbing climate change, the National Trust is urging, reports BBC. British bogs store carbon equivalent to about 20 years' worth ...