Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth’s carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs’ ...

Peat bogs sequester a huge amount of carbon dioxide. But as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, they're under threat.

These soggy spots have been dismissed as inhospitable smudges on the map — even serving as a metaphor for corruption that ...

Where are the windmills? It struck me on a recent drive on the disappearing back roads heading into a town too far away. This ...

Campaigners opposing a large-scale wind development have described the project as a “profit-making scam”, which threatens the nature of ...

A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

Half of nearly one million tonnes in household waste Montrealers generate each year goes to landfill. To do it right, only 15 per cent would.

Peatlands, one of the planet’s most crucial carbon sinks, are facing a crisis of protection and preservation, a new global ...

While the UK is home to 189 inhabited islands, not all are as well-known as the likes of Jersey, the Isle of Wight, and the ...

A key part of combating climate change is reducing harmful emissions from meat production on so-called factory farms. One ...

One such island is Colonsay, which, in my opinion, is Scotland’s — if not the UK’s — best-kept secret. Known fondly as the ...

A naturalist, environmental educator, wilderness adventurer and artist, Kim McNett’s creativity is a melding of scientific observation and curiosity and her love for the natural world. Keeping a ...