The UK government has revealed new plans to improve the protection of peatlands, focusing on banning heather burning on ...

Extension to ban of burning on deep peat proposed by Government, so that an extra 146,000 hectares are protected Peatlands ...

But new research reveals that vast areas of the UK's peatlands, including the Flow Country UNESCO World Heritage Site, are likely to be unsuitable for peat accumulation by 2061–80 due to climate ...

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According to a predictive model developed by a CNRS researcher and his European colleagues, the microalgae present in peat ...

Peatlands are incredibly special habitats, made up of highly adapted plant species and home to a range of rare and important wildlife. They absorb carbon from the atmosphere and lock it up in peat.

According to a predictive model, the microalgae present in peat bogs could offset up to 14% of future CO2 emissions, thanks to their photosynthetic activity. This conclusion was reached by basing the ...

The upland peatlands of the UK have been severely eroded because of industrial pollution, overgrazing, drainage and other human actions. Research from The University of Manchester is helping to ...

February 18, 2025 14 minutes The majority of the UK's peatlands could be at risk of drying out in the next 40-50 years because of climate change - according to a new study from scientists at the ...

Peatlands are "terrestrial wetland ecosystems in which waterlogged conditions prevent plant material from fully decomposing," per the International Peatland Society. They are located on every ...

Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the global land surface – but new research has ...