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 ...

Most gardeners live a long way from peat bogs and may not see the appeal or the value of them but every time someone uses peat they're contributing to the destruction of this special and important ...

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 ...

When peat is extracted from the bog and added to garden soil, it improves the structure of the soil. However, take note: peat ...

What exactly is bog snorkelling? The clue is in the name, but basically participants swim along a water-filled trench that has been cut into a peat bog – using a snorkel and face mask to breathe ...

The story of a man found in a peat bog over 2,000 years ago, wearing only a fox fur arm band, is told in Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery, an intriguing new exhibition opening at The Manchester Museum ...

Peat landslides—slides, flows and bog bursts—are a significant natural ... and the unknown and complex internal structure and hydrology of the peat. Current geotechnical approaches to ...