Bogs are fascinating landscapes for ecologists, climatologists, archaeologists, environmental historians and water managers. But many bogs have been damaged, and legislative protection - as 29 case studies demonstrate - is not enough to conserve the rest.
When Samantha Ripley and the rest of her fifth-grade class spot a tiny, lime-green frog while on a field trip to Emerson's Bog, the children form an environmentally aware club called the Green Musketeers. Original.
This book provides - for the first time in history - a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of mires and peatlands in biogeographic Europe.