Origin: Dead parts of sphagnum moss that accumulate at the bottom of the bog and are harvested. Composition: Decayed sphagnum moss and other plant and insect materials in an acidic (3.0-4.5 pH ...

The Brazilian rainforest is thought of as the world’s greatest “carbon sink”, yet our wet Irish peatlands store four times as ...

A blanket bog in west Clare is finding new life after a local farmer agreed to rewet part of his land, in an effort to ...

In the project, a blanket bog - home to two rare and protected birds, the merlin and hen harrier - is being rewetted to ...

BogSkin, an exhibition by the Royal Hibernian Academy, prods us by showing that Ireland’s bogs aren’t simply repositories for ...

A key step in restoring the Humberhead Peatlands NNR is to ensure all bare peat is covered with peat forming vegetation. The ...

Conservationists have called for increased awareness after a recent fire devastated two square kilometres of wildlife ...

“ Burning kills the species that rely on precious peatlands – from rare bog-mosses and moorland birds to dragonflies and ...

The shiner was first identified as threatened 50 years ago and was put on a waiting list for Endangered Species Act ...

Healthy peat is the country's biggest carbon store but when damaged it releases planet-warming greenhouse gases back into the ...