Mar 31, 2025 · The bodies of three of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania were found Monday after their armored vehicle sank into a peat bog during training.. The Army said the ...

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. [1][2] Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most common components in peat, although many other plants can contribute.

Apr 29, 2024 · Defining a Peat Bog: More Than Just a Swamp. At its most fundamental, a peat bog is a type of wetland characterized by the accumulation of partially decayed plant matter, known as peat. This organic material builds up over time because the rate of plant production exceeds the rate of decomposition.

The world's largest wetland is the peat bogs of the Western Siberian Lowlands in Russia, which cover more than a million square kilometres. [9] Large peat bogs also occur in North America, particularly the Hudson Bay Lowland and the Mackenzie River Basin. [9]

A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]

Feb 1, 2018 · Peat bogs are "wetlands where dead plants accumulate to make thick waterlogged layers," according to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The layers are so thick that oxygen doesn't really penetrate...

Apr 2, 2025 · The command said the vehicle was removed from a peat bog early Monday morning. In an update from over the weekend, the command said the vehicle was under at least 15 feet of water, clay-like mud ...

Mar 7, 2025 · Bog, type of wetland ecosystem characterized by wet, spongy, poorly drained peat-rich soil. Typical bogs are highly acidic and only occur in areas where the water is very low in minerals. They cover vast areas in the tundra and boreal forest regions of Canada, northern Europe, and Russia.

A peat bog is a type of wetland whose soft, spongy ground is composed largely of living and decaying Sphagnum moss. Decayed, compacted moss is known as peat, which can be harvested to use for fuel or as a soil additive.

Peat bogs can be classified as either ombrogenous (raised and blanket bogs), where growth of the peat layer is controlled by rainfall, or topographic (basin bogs), where deposition of new peat is controlled by topography and the groundwater table (Hammond, 1975).