Given that she was interred in a peat bog, in what was likely an unconsecrated ... and was throttled with a rope made of animal sinew, perhaps to increase the bleeding, before being thrown ...

Most gardeners live a long way from peat bogs and may not see the appeal or ... or use well-rotted animal manures. For mulch, use your own compost or other renewable materials such as wood chips ...

For example, dead animals and plants can be preserved in amber, peat bogs, tar pits, or in ice. Amber close amberHardened tree resin. is a substance that is formed from hardened tree sap or resin.

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 ...

dead animals and even humans (think of Lindow Man) to decompose. Archaeologists have often been treated to nearly intact glimpses into the past thanks to the preservative qualities of blanket bogs.

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the ... “and the sphagnum mosses that grow there to collect over thousands of years.” Animal tracks in snow at Volo Bog in Illinois.

The UK’s peatlands are home to many unique plant and animal species specially adapted ... Ailis Watt, said peat bogs were also central to the UK’s ability to fight the climate crisis.

Meanwhile as the bog is harvested, native plant and animal species are destroyed, often never to return again. The sale of ...