Search results for peat

Environment Jul 25, 2025

'Lungs of the Earth': the Indonesians fighting for peatland

Indonesian environmentalist Pralensa steered his boat through a shallow canal in the marshy peatlands near his village, an environment he fears may soon disappear.

Environment Jul 23, 2025

Canadian wetlands are treasures that deserve protection

Though Canada is often known as a land of lakes, it is also a country of wetlands. Stretching like a necklace of emeralds, sapphires and rubies across the Canadian landscape, wetlands cover 14% of the Canadian land mass, ...

Environment Jul 23, 2025

Healthy European peatlands require specific temperature and water level parameters

Efforts to enhance peat accumulation in European peatlands, which contain around half of Europe's soil carbon, will require a combination of warm temperatures and a specific depth of the water table, according to a study ...

Ecology Jul 17, 2025

Wild pigs costing Georgia farmers

Weather, disease and pests aren't the only things that can wreak havoc on Georgia's agricultural industry. New University of Georgia research found wild pigs to be a startling cause of damage on farms and crops.

Earth Sciences Jul 9, 2025

Satellite images reveal positive effects of restoration in northern hemisphere peatlands

An international research team led by Aalto University has just published the first large-scale analysis based on long-term satellite data on the effects of peatland restoration. The paper is published in the journal Environmental ...

Ecology Jul 7, 2025

Nature-friendly farming budget swells in UK—but cuts elsewhere make recovery fraught

Nature in the UK appeared to receive a rare funding boost in the June spending review, with the government setting a spending target of up to £2 billion a year for England's environmental land management (ELM) scheme by 2028–29.

Social Sciences Jul 2, 2025

Collaboration on finances can help repair relationships for military couples

Teamwork really does make the dream work when it comes to finances and relationship satisfaction for military families, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in the Journal of Family and Economic ...

Earth Sciences Jul 2, 2025

Ignoring peatlands could derail climate goals

Northern peatlands could seriously complicate efforts to cool the planet, especially after a temporary overshoot of the 1.5°C global warming limit, according to new IIASA-led research.

Environment Jun 30, 2025

Air quality isn't just bad in cities. Here's why and how we're tracking pollution from upland fires

Early one October afternoon in 2023, thick gray smoke drifted across Sheffield's western skyline. As much of the city became blanketed, residents turned to social media to complain about "bonfire smoke," while others were ...

Social Sciences Jun 30, 2025

Labels are everything: New study reveals role of popularity in news articles

News readers often click on articles not based on topic but rather on the behavior of their fellow audience members, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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