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 ...

Peatland destruction releases vast amounts of CO₂, contributing significantly to climate change; the report calls for stricter law enforcement; expanded deforestation regulations in the EU ...

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 ...

JBPM director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said this measure aims to prevent the fire from spreading to the peatland, which could produce thick smoke and negatively impact nearby residents. He ...

The findings are alarming: more than 550 hectares of peatland have been destroyed, releasing between 0.2 and 0.7 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Shockingly, over 55% of this damage has ...

This groundbreaking project, titled “Improving Falkland Peatland GHG Data: Understanding Carbon Sequestration and Offsetting Feasibility,” aims to not only address environmental concerns but ...

Environment Department director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said the poor air quality was caused by a peatland fire at a coconut plantation in Cherating, Kuantan. He said 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 ...