A new study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that as our springs and summers get hotter and drier, the UK ...

A new study has revealed that as our springs and summers get hotter and drier, the UK wildfire season is being stretched.More ...

There is a 'mismatch' between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

Minister Heydon said the inspection rate for this standard will be really low and that he doesn’t see farmers falling foul of ...

Researchers found that despite accounting for only a quarter of the total UK land area that burns each year, dwarfed by moor and heathland, peatland fires have caused up to 90% of annual UK fire ...

Ancient human remains discovered in peatland in County Londonderry in 2023 are now thought to be those of a young woman who ...

A study has revealed that almost one-quarter of the world's peatland areas are under heavy pressure from human encroachment.

"It is an area the size of Germany, it is all peatland and it's a globally important carbon store." The new research used available maps of peatlands and compared them to maps of protected areas ...

A new study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that as our springs and summers get hotter and drier, the UK wildfire season is being ...

A major new project has been launched to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands. Scotland’s Rural College ( SRUC) is the UK lead in the EU-funded Horizon Europe project ‘Socio-Economic ...