If we want to protect the world's peatlands and do something for the climate, then we need to stop using peaty soil when gardening. Here's what you need to look out for on a bag of soil. Karl-Josef ...

A new study led by Teagasc has highlighted the critical relationship between the drainage status of peat soils and localized rainfall in water table management. These findings will be critical in ...

Wetlands, such as bogs and marshes, have largely disappeared in the Netherlands. With humidification and the growth of the right plants, wetlands can be restored. This is evident from research by ...

Decades ago, horticulturists studied ways to provide potted plants with a medium that offered support and nutrition as well as drainage and aeration, Don Kinzler writes.

New research from Trinity College Dublin, University of Galway, and Queen's University Belfast has revealed that peat soils - which are vital for locking away greenhouse gases - are much more abundant ...

Peatlands act as a crucial climate regulator, and are increasingly at the center of conflicts over resource extraction.

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Australia has some of the world’s most ancient soils, many of which grow delicious produce. In this series, “The ...

Knowledge on soil microbial respiration (SMR) rates and thus soil-related CO₂ losses from Arctic soils is vital because of the crucial importance of this ecosystem within the global carbon (C) cycle ...

In the Netherlands, fens that are fed by polluted river water are often eutrophic, whereas fens fed by calcium-rich groundwater often are mesotrophic. Differences in trophic status can not always be ...