The problem with peat -- and what could replace it?
Peat is a nonrenewable resource because it is being consumed much faster than it can be produced; a bog regrows at a rate of ...
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Millions will eat cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving. But what bog did it come from?
In the weeks before Thanksgiving, some of the cranberries set to appear on dinner plates are floating on the Rocky Meadow bog in southeastern Massachusetts. The cranberries have turned this pond ...
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Why are bogs so important for a healthy planet?
The UK contains 13% of the world’s peatlands, made up of fen, raised bog, and blanket bog. It is blanket bogs that are found in the uplands of the Peak District National Park. Blanket bogs are ...
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Why bother with bogs instead of trees?
What's so great about bogs you ask? As part of our Let's Plant Moor series with Moors For The Future, Charlotte Kenyon gives an excellent explanation into the benefit of blanket bogs for carbon ...
Most of Britain’s peat bogs could stop forming new peat as the climate changes – new study
By the 2080s, climate change will mean most of Britain’s peatlands could be too dry to form new peat. That’s the stark ...
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From cod logs to frog bogs: We catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world
The West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority worked with the conservation group Greening Australia to create another type of tailor-made frog habitat they call "frog bogs." Frog bogs look ...
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Help at hand for repairing damage to Ireland’s blanket bogs
In winter, such sweeping slopes are a tapestry of spongey bog mosses, brittle heathers, and the golden browns of purple moor grass waving in the wind. Distant hills and intervening lowlands fade ...