Drained peatlands in the EU emit around 232 megatonnes of CO2 equivalent every year - almost twice as much as the EU member states have so far declared to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

By the time they had finished last year – following a delay caused by the Covid lockdowns - the piece measured at 171sq ft, ...

For the first time, researchers have produced a detailed, high-resolution map of peatlands in the EU, showing that these ...

Heading to the far north of the region, just north of the Ash Forest text on the map screen, you'll find a small camp at the top of a slope. Pinned by a knife to a post is a 'Notice to Fellow Wardens' ...

Here in Minnesota, scientists say we are sitting on a climate change superhero. Peatlands, a type of wetland, cover more than 10% of the state — that's the most of any in the lower 48. But over time, ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders. By Carl Zimmer Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a ...

The European Union is on track to reach its 2030 climate targets, Brussels said on Wednesday, but uncertainty remains over the bloc's ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions much further by 2040.

Latvia's military is considering rewatering drained peatlands to turn them into natural barriers as part of the Baltic Defense Line. The restored bogs could also help in the fight agains global ...

Ireland forward Troy Parrott is having an unforgettable week, mixed with a bit of his country's penchant for luck. Parrott's hat-trick helped Ireland cap off a dramatic rally against Hungary in World ...

An international research team has created a new map of the Roman Empire — and it expands the ancient road network by more than 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers). "The 200-year research history on ...

A comprehensive new map of Roman roads has boosted the known size of the empire’s land transport network by almost 60 per cent – and it is available for anyone to explore online. The project, called ...

One of Ireland’s oldest historic maps, Captain John Baxter’s "A true description of the Norwest partes of Irelande" (circa 1599), holds the untold story of Elizabethan espionage and the sly art of spy ...