Unlike trees, a living, healthy bog will soak up more carbon per square metre than almost any other ecosystem on Earth ...

But new clues are coming in the centuries-old mystery of their origins ... National Museum of Denmark. The bogs' peat, which could be burned for heating homes, was valuable in tree-scarce Denmark ...

The unmistakable smell of the bog’s sweet earthiness ... when he was 12 years old. Stacked, piled, and dried outside when the weather is warm, the sods will fuel his home’s fire for the ...