We don’t always think of growing media when talking about innovations. Other areas of the plant-growing business often get most of the attention, including new lighting tech, climate controllers, the ...

The remaining third of the world's methane emissions comes from natural sources such as thawing permafrost, peat bogs and ...

The ski industry will be so quickly impacted by climate change that it been termed the canary in the coalmine Not all hope is lost - but we must act fast Australia snow seasons are getting shorter whi ...

A Somerset MP has called for a ban on the use of peat by professional growers to be sped up. From 2025, amateur gardeners ...

Everything around the bog is timber and clear-cuts, making this bog something of an ecological island. The peat moss we’re ...

A Defra spokesperson said: “We are committed to protecting our nature-rich habitats, including peat bogs and are looking at measures to ban the retail sale of horticultural peat.” Ms Dyke told ...

The public can access the new addition to the Sifton Bog environmentally significant area – a 41.6-hectare, floating acid peat bog – through a managed trail connecting the two properties ...

When rescuers arrived at the remote location the man – who was walking alone – was waist deep in a peat bog and unable to move. Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team was scrambled to Burnslack ...

Kinder Mountain Resue Team said it was called out to reports a woman had become stuck up to her thighs in a peat bog on the Kinder plateau and had then lost her boots as her partner pulled her out.

In the UK alone, peat bogs, moors and fens store about 3.2 billion tons of carbon - more than in woodlands and forests - but most are in a poor state after decades of being drained for farming or ...

Peat is an organic layer of soil that forms from decomposed material, largely decomposed plants. This means it has plenty of ...