Peat is employed for fuel in the greater part of Ireland, in several districts of France, Germany, and Holland, and in the Highlands of Scotland. The substance is soft when found in the bog ...

Peat is a nonrenewable resource because it is being consumed much faster than it can be produced; a bog regrows at a rate of ...

Over the past few centuries, and likely before then, men harvesting peat in European bogs have struck upon remarkable and, to the peat cutters, no doubt frightening discoveries. More than a ...

Peat bogs are found in areas where there is lots of rain but poor drainage. These vital ecosystems are relied upon to deliver drinking water, host rare plant and bird life and to mitigate the risk ...

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 ...

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has revealed several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis in humans. The results indicate that focusing ...

The Koochiching County Board Tuesday set a date for a decision point about further development of the Pine Island horticultural peat bog northwest of Big Falls. Yves Gauthier, of Quebec-based ...

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

Also known as peat moss, bog peat, or simply peat, the soil boasts a distinct set of qualities that make it both a challenge ...