Hidden Peat, a new campaign from The Wildlife Trusts, encourages people to look out for peat-free alternatives and support their wider use.

Crofters who have managed the land for centuries are being offered dubious rewards to risk their rights.

Nearly a third of all moorland burning in Scotland occurs on peat soil – a vital carbon sink.

Loretta Mickley, a Harvard wildfire expert, says wildfires are not just a symptom of climate change, but with the increased burning of millenia-old global peat stores, have the potential to worsen warming.

Large stretches of the Arctic are carbon-rich peat bogs. As the region warms and dries, lightning strikes can spark underground fires that can burn for years.

The swamp has not yet been drained everywhere.

The US Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 term with a case that could greatly reduce federal protection for wetlands. Here is what makes these ecosystems valuable.

Peat is partially decomposed plant matter that has accumulated over thousands of years.

Somerset Wetlands national nature reserve merges and extends six existing protected sites.

Potting soils are helping plant seeds travel. Is it benign or harmful?