Turning wetlands into fuel brings cheap energy to the countryside, but at a cost to ecosystems that trap carbon in the ground ...

By Clodagh Kilcoyne and Conor Humphries CLONBULLOGUE, Ireland (Reuters) -As wind turbines on the horizon churn out clean ...

For many centuries, peat has been burned as fuel, and the bogs have been drained for other uses. To harvest a bog efficiently, deep ditches are cut into it to keep the area drained. This allows ...

Harvesting peat moss also destroys a native habitat essential to the survival of many birds, reptiles, insects and small mammals. “Bogs represent 5% of the earth’s surface and yet they contain ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat. On a cold winter afternoon ...

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 ...

The harvesting of peat moss used by gardeners and the nursery ... Peat moss is harvested from bogs and fens around the world, but primarily in Canada and Russia. These water-logged bogs have ...

The harvesting of peat moss used by gardeners and the nursery ... Peat moss is harvested from bogs and fens around the world, but primarily in Canada and Russia. These water-logged bogs have ...

REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Industrial harvesting and ‘turbary rights’ Peat has an ancient history. Over thousands of years, decaying plants in wetland areas formed the bogs. In drier ...