UK peatlands are being destroyed to grow mushrooms, lettuce and houseplants – here’s how to stop it

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

Casey Bryce, Senior Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol • conversation
Feb. 7, 2024 • ~7 min

How climate change is washing away precious evidence of our distant past

Increasing rainfall and degrading peatland are threatening archaeological artefacts buried in UK land.

Rosie Everett, Lecturer in Forensic Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
Feb. 1, 2022 • ~6 min

We mapped the world's frozen peatlands – what we found was very worrying

Peatlands will become a major source of greenhouse gases as the permafrost thaws.

Gustaf Hugelius, Senior Lecturer, Physical Geography, Stockholm University • conversation
Aug. 12, 2020 • ~5 min

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