Governments and corporations have been tricking the public by focusing emissions reduction attention on net rather than real ...

But microbes in the saturated soil of marshes, swamps and bogs emit methane in large quantities – it’s why methane is sometimes known as “swamp gas”. And what are paddy fields if not huge ...

Reasons to Be Cheerful turns its eye to Massachusetts, the onetime cranberry capital of the world, where former bogs are transforming into thriving, carbon-storing swamps. When Glorianna Davenport ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat. On a cold winter afternoon ...

This fortress of the First Men is a natural choke point as it lies in the narrow isthmus of swamp and bog known as the Neck. The Neck is the southern limit of the Kingdom of the North, and Moat ...

and are called "peat bogs," such as in Ireland ; we call them peat meadows and peat swamps. These bogs vary in depth from a few feet to several yards, and are, in general too soft for the foot of ...

Wetlands such as swamps, marshes, or bogs, are areas where the ground is saturated, or full of water, and doesn’t drain properly. Bogs mainly consist of a plant called moss. Later locals Aarya ...

Swamps are rich in wildlife, and are home to animals including fish, birds and frogs. Bogs are more common in colder areas, and they often form in places where glaciers once eroded the ground and ...