A drone view shows a stage of the rewetting process at Ballaghurt Bog where the grids are flooded with water to seal in the carbon emissions, near Clongawny, Ireland, April 16, 2024.

Bog butter chunks are usually around the size of a mixing bowl. Harvey explained, but this one was between 22 kg and 25 kg (around 48 and 55 lbs.) in weight, according to The Irish Examiner.

Battle of the bogs: Farmers and EU face off over Ireland’s largest carbon store Irish farmers have been burning carbon-rich peat to heat their rural homes for generations, but the practice has ...

The word 'bog' is derived from the Irish word bogarch, which means 'soft'.Peat bog covers 17% of Ireland's surface, which gives us the third-highest proportion of peatland in the world, after ...

Heather and other bog flora took over and bogs started to grow. The other type of peatland formed in the midlands of Ireland and are known as raised bogs. These started forming about 12,000 years ago.

Ancient human remains discovered in an Irish bog in October 2023 don't belong to a teenage boy as originally assumed but rather a young woman, making them an exceptionally rare find. Over the past ...

MOVING BOGS IN IRELAND. Share full article. Feb. 25, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 25, 1883, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

Bog destruction major contributor to Irish carbon emissions as EU says 'insufficient action' is happening to protect unique habitats. But locals defend traditional fuel harvesting. Rural dwellers ...

A drone view shows the early stages of the rewetting process at Ballaghurt Bog, near Clongawny, Ireland, April 16, 2024. Bord na Mona has been charged with trying to \"rewet\" the bogs to curb the ...