Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

The scars of burning on deep peat in the Yorkshire Dales National Park Some shooting estates in England burn deep peat moorland in protected areas despite a government ban, say the RSPB and Greenpeace ...

Toby Ann Halamka receives funding from the CERES (Climate, Energy and Carbon in Ancient Earth Systems) UKRI grant at the University of Bristol. Mike Vreeken does not work for, consult, own shares in ...

KNOCKVICAR, Ireland -- As an autumn gale assails his hilltop cottage, Pepijn Martius sits beside a peat-fired stove, savoring the earthy smell and glowing warmth that has cost him little more than a ...

"Peated whisky is absolutely at risk of being banned. There’s a significant risk within the next five years, and a high risk within ten years. As climate pressures intensify, politicians may see peat ...