Peat is a natural carbon sink but is often found in house plants and other retail products, particularly within the food and farming industry.
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Hidden Peat, a new campaign from The Wildlife Trusts, encourages people to look out for peat-free alternatives and support their wider use.
A raccoon with a fish at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Fla.
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The US Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 term with a case that could greatly reduce federal protection for wetlands. Here is what makes these ecosystems valuable.
Avalon Marshes wetland, in Somerset, England.
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Somerset Wetlands national nature reserve merges and extends six existing protected sites.
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New Zealanders have planted just over a quarter of a billion trees, about half of it native species, as part of an effort to increase carbon storage.