Multiple sensors on ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite have been used to peer beneath a vast pall of smoke above tropical Borneo and detect fire hotspots – known to add millions of tons of harmful ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government is preparing to auction off a series of licenses to drill for oil in the Congo basin. This threatens to damage around 11 million hectares of the world ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of ...

A new study in Indonesia’s palm oil capital of Riau has found that proximity to roads and processing mills are key factors determining whether small farmers expand their cultivation into peat swamp ...

Bart Crezee receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council. Simon Lewis has received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council, the Royal Society, the European Union, the ...

Using satellite data and field measurements, researchers mapped emissions across Southeast Asian peatlands and found they release more greenhouse gases than they absorb.

This image shows a well-preserved, natural peat swamp forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. In the SaLtedPeat Project ("Potential impact of sea level rise related salinization on lowland tropical coastal ...

Betta iaspis was found in only one small forest peat swamp next to a “huge” oil palm plantation, researchers said. Photo by Siborey Sean via Unsplash In 2022, after passing through the hands of local ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. New research has revealed that the peatlands of the Congo Basin are 15% larger than originally thought. This area of swampy forest holds an ...

The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning of a capital city, according to a recent study from researchers who ...