Plant scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have been ...

In association with Moors for the Future Partnership, BMC volunteers will be planting sphagnum moss in the Goyt Valley area of the Peak District, close to Buxton.

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation, created primarily from sphagnum mosses growing in bogs. It accumulates at a rate of 1-2mm per year as the moss slowly decays in the permanently ...

“Peatland without Sphagnum moss, also known as bog moss, is more susceptible to drying out, resulting in the peat oxidising and releasing carbon. "A properly functioning blanket bog requires a ...

Smithills site manager Oliver Stainthorpe, of the Woodland Trust, said: “During the fire all the peat mass was damaged ... mat grass and sphagnum moss, a key species known as the “sponge ...

Smithills site manager Oliver Stainthorpe, of the Woodland Trust, said: “During the fire all the peat mass was damaged ... mat grass and sphagnum moss, a key species known as the “sponge ...

The international team of scientists turned to microscopic pollen and spores found in the peat for answers. Fossilized pollen is indicative of a particular span of geologic time, so its presence ...

Alan Titchmarsh delves into the history of compost, and has finally found something that can replace the brilliant but environmentally unsustainable peat-based formulae. Had you been reading about ...

The peat is being washed off the mountains with ... Retaining the water for longer within the bog allows sphagnum mosses to re-establish themselves. Without these mosses the bog has no chance ...

But the only way to know if a compost is good or bad is to grow plants in it and compare them - something we've been doing for more than 30 years. Many people no longer want to buy peat compost as ...

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