Among these varied soils lies one particularly intriguing type: peat soil. Also known as peat moss, bog peat, or simply peat, ...

There are six accepted types of soils; chalk, clay, loam, peat, sand, and silt. The size of each soil particle usually ...

There are 10 billion tonnes of carbon stored in UK soils. A type of wet, boggy soil called peat is especially good at this. This type of soil is found in natural areas called peatlands ...

They hold more than one-quarter of all soil carbon even though they occupy a mere 3% of Earth’s land surface. Harvesting peat releases about 5% of human-caused gas (carbon dioxide) emissions ...

Technically, soil is what’s found in your yard ... which is essential for root health, says Hancock. Peat, a type of organic matter that comes from decomposed peat in bogs; it retains moisture ...