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 ...

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 ...