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

acidic conditions. It doesn’t decompose, acting almost like a giant mat of living carbon. But when it’s threatened, that carbon has to go somewhere. The main threat to bogs — draining for ...

This allows the whole organism to be seen clearly. Britain's most famous peat bog body is known as the Lindow man. The acidic, oxygen-free conditions in the peat bog meant that the man's skin ...