Lithuanian officials hope restored peat bogs can reinforce the border in addition to locking away planet-warming carbon.

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bodies of three of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania were found Monday after their armored ...

Streamers of police tape decorated the deserted Offaly bog in central Ireland. Heavy rain poured down on Cathy Moore and Conor McDermott as they trudged through the thick mud. Their boots squelched ...

Peat bogs are found in areas where there is lots of rain but poor drainage. These vital ecosystems are relied upon to deliver drinking water, host rare plant and bird life and to mitigate the risk of ...

Researchers discovered that ancient peat bogs grew rapidly when the Southern Westerly Winds suddenly shifted thousands of years ago. These wind changes affected both peatland carbon storage and how ...

Several Worcester residents are speaking out against the construction of 288 apartments at the site of a peat bog. An Atlanta-based firm known as Wood Partners wants to build the apartments on 1-3 ...

Months before the long-awaited, brand new Rainier Beach High School opened to students last April, engineers on the $297-million project reported problems with the building’s foundation to the city, ...