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Category Archives: Conservation

When you can’t see the peat for the trees!

July 13, 2015by Richard Payne Leave a comment

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 […]

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Bogology, Carbon, Conservation, Peatlands, Restoration

Farms, factories and fertiliser: the effects of air pollution on peatlands

October 7, 2014by Richard Payne 3 Comments

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 […]

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Conservation, Europe, Guest blog, Nitrogen, Peatlands, Pollution, Restoration

Peatland archaeology: more than just dismembered bodies!

July 21, 2014by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

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 […]

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Archaeology, Conservation, Peatlands

Tales from the tropics: peat and carbon in Indonesia

December 5, 2013by Jenny Farmer 5 Comments

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 […]

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Carbon, Conservation, Fieldwork, Guest blog, Tropics

Karukinka: a journey to the South (part 1)

November 25, 2013by Tom Roland 2 Comments

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 […]

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Conservation, Fieldwork, South America

Sphagnum moss: bog plant extraordinaire!

September 27, 2013by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

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 […]

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Conservation, Sphagnum

Iconic British peatland to be restored to its former glory

September 18, 2013by Matt Amesbury 2 Comments

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 […]

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Conservation, Europe, Fieldwork

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