Sentences with phrase «soil microbes convert»

Not exact matches

As such, SUSIBA2 had the ability to direct the majority of carbon to the grains and leaves, and essentially cut off the supply to the roots and soil where certain microbes consume and convert it to methane.

If a soil sample contains bacterial genes that produce enzymes used to convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into solid carbon, and these genes are active, researchers can conclude that microbes within the sample are actively storing carbon.

There is a renewed interest in soil tests which look for the nutrients which are not in plant usable form... on the theory that if you have enough microbes they will convert the unusable nutrient into plant usable form.

As inorganic mercury in our air, soil and water enters the oceans, aquatic microbes convert it to methylmercury — a form readily absorbed by sea life.

He says the dangers of the permafrost greenhouse gases have been overhyped, particularly as much of the methane will be converted to carbon dioxide by microbes in the soil, leading to a slower warming effect.

Re # 308 — He says the dangers of the permafrost greenhouse gases have been overhyped, particularly as much of the methane will be converted to carbon dioxide by microbes in the soil, leading to a slower warming effect.