Antarctica + climate change + green = media storm
Ok, maybe a storm is taking it a smidge too far, but it was at least a strong breeze! In May, we published a paper in Current Biology that showed […]
Category Archives: Peatlands
A tribute to Keith Barber
As Bogologists interested in using peatlands as a source of information on past climate change, we are primarily here due to the work of one man. That man is Professor […]
Frozen peatlands in a warming world
If you’re a regular Bogology reader than you’ll already be aware of the important role peatlands play in the global carbon cycle. Whilst they cover just 2-3% of the earth’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
Food and bogs: the peatland larder
Putting bogs to one side for the briefest of moments, one of my other great passions in life is food. Since eating is something that all of us have to […]
Spiders, snakes, swamps and … Elvis?! Two weeks on an Amazonian peatland
Tropical peatlands represent a large pool of terrestrial organic carbon and are found in Asia, Africa and South America. They are also under threat from the effects of burning, drainage, […]
Tropical testate amoebae as hydrological indicators?
Originally posted on From inside the shell:
Sampling testate amoebae in a tropical peatland. A recent paper in Microbial Ecology by Swindles et al. suggests that testate amoebae have good…
Teignmouth Science Café
I have a philosophy in life that if there’s something I want to achieve, but that’s also a bit scary, I’ll just say yes to it without too much thought […]
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 […]
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