When you can’t see the peat for the trees!
One of the perks of being a Bogologist is the chance to travel around and see cool bogs in interesting places (I’m writing this just home from Russia). Over the […]
Category Archives: Conservation
Farms, factories and fertiliser: the effects of air pollution on peatlands
When I was a teenager I spent a lot of time walking the moors of the Peak District National Park in northern England. I guess we all tend to think […]
Peatland archaeology: more than just dismembered bodies!
If the popularity of Tom’s blog on bog bodies was anything to go by, then the finer details of peatland archaeology can be pretty engaging! It’s not hard to see […]
Tales from the tropics: peat and carbon in Indonesia
When people talk about the carbon stored in forests, they tend to think mostly of the trees. Usually, most of the carbon is in the trees. But in tropical peat […]
Karukinka: a journey to the South (part 1)
Matt and I have been extremely lucky in that our jobs as Bogologists have taken us to some fairly amazing places. I’ve already blogged about my trip to Alaska this […]
Sphagnum moss: bog plant extraordinaire!
If you have been surfing the pages of Bogology, you will have come across a fair few mentions of Sphagnum moss. Since this is such an important plant species to […]
Iconic British peatland to be restored to its former glory
One month into my PhD at the University of Southampton in October 2004, as a rather green Bogologist with lots of ideas but little experience, I headed up to the […]
