The best kind is compact, and nearly black ; the inferior kind is light, and of a brown color. The lower strata of deep peat bogs make the best peat, because more compact j and they more nearly ...

Peter Patterer once put his barnstorming plane down in a Michigan peat bog, was intrigued by its softness, became Peter Patterer the Peatman. Richard Whitney the Broker, intrigued by peat’s ...

The ancient peat bog of Lindow Moss in Cheshire hid a dark and gruesome secret for almost 2,000 years. But on 1 August 1984, a peat cutter spotted the astonishingly well-preserved remains of an ...

Blanket bogs are wetland ecosystems created when peat, a soil made up of partially decayed matter, accumulates in waterlogged conditions. Achieving world heritage status is a rare honour ...

Throughout the world—from the subarctic peat bogs to the tropical peat swamp forests ... the chemicals that give black tea its dark color, creating the distinctive, acidic blackwaters seen ...

BBC News NI has looked at some of its attributes. At Haughey's Bog, before it was commercially exploited, as much as 10,000 years of peat was locking away carbon generated in that time.

In rural Ireland, it’s not unusual for residents to come across a block of bog butter while digging up peat to heat their homes. Incredibly, this butter has often laid buried—in wooden ...

Scéal: preserved in peat for thousands of years, bog butter remains one of the most enigmatic of all archaeological finds When we consider the central role that butter plays in the modern Irish ...

Wetlands, such as bogs and marshes, have largely disappeared in the Netherlands. With humidification and the growth of the right plants, wetlands can be restored. This is evident from research by ...

“However, its importance for nature, water quality, and as a healthy peat bog can act as a carbon store, as well as being a fundamental element of the landscapes of Scotland to which we are so closely ...

Bog Squad leader at Butterfly Conservation Polly Phillpot said: "Peat bogs are one of the most magical, atmospheric places we have in Scotland, but they're a secret we want to share with everyone! “ ...

There I was…desperate to travel but completely overwhelmed by the idea of international travel…you can see my post about ...