Efforts to enhance peat accumulation in European peatlands, which contain around half of Europe's soil carbon, will require a combination of warm temperatures and a specific depth of the water table, ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore has not been affected by transboundary haze despite smoke plumes being detected in Sumatra in recent ...

PSI readings ranged between 52 and 65 at 8pm on July 22, in the moderate range, according to NEA data. Read more at ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's western region is now on high alert, as fires continue to rip through forest and peatlands in Sumatra ...

Lori Daniels and a team of researchers plan to let a hand-held GPS guide them in a few weeks to more than 100 spots in the ...

Toxic heavy metals stored in peatlands in the UK could cause health risks to humans, animals and agriculture if ecosystems are not cared for, researchers at Queen's University Belfast have found.

Panama has declared a state of emergency in western Bocas del Toro province, where antigovernment protesters opposing a pension reform law are accused of setting fire to a baseball stadium and of ...

Peatlands Management What are Peatlands? Peatlands are a unique type of wetland ecosystem with organic soil, called peat. Peat is partly decomposed plant material that forms in poorly-drained, low ...

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Scott Winton conducted three years of extensive fieldwork to develop the first data-driven map of both newly documented and predicted peatlands across ...

Researchers found 67 plant species in Costa Rica’s Cordillera de Talamanca peatlands. Learn about biodiversity threats from climate change and human activity, and why conservation matters.

Hidden peatlands are Minnesota treasures that deserve protection Continued degradation of these ancient landscapes risks more smoke-filled air, increased flooding and polluted drinking water.