Sentences with phrase «absorbed by plants»

The CO2 we expelled was absorbed by plants; the plants were eaten by animals; the plants and animals were eaten by humans.

This could mean that, on balance, more carbon dioxide is released from the soil than is absorbed by the plants, Weider says:

In past climate changes, warming temperatures produced increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, unlike today, when humans release CO2 which is partially absorbed by plants and by seawater.

[The conventional reasoning] double counts the carbon absorbed by plants when the bioenergy crops are grown on land already used for crop production or already growing other plants because the bioenergy does not necessarily result in additional carbon absorption.

The more carbon dioxide there is in the atmosphere, the more it is absorbed by plants of every description --- and the faster and better they grow, even under adverse conditions like limited water, extremely hot air temperatures, or infestations of insects, weeds and other pests.

Incoming UV radiation easily passes through the glass walls of a greenhouse and is absorbed by the plants and hard surfaces inside.

As shown on figure 17 - D the regions for absorption and out - gassing are separate; there is no «global» equilibrium between the atmosphere and the ocean; carbon absorbed tens of years ago at high latitudes is resurfacing in upwellings; carbon absorbed by plants months to centuries ago is degassed by soils.

QUOTE: «As shown on figure 17 - D the regions for absorption and out - gassing are separate; there is no «global» equilibrium between the atmosphere and the ocean; carbon absorbed tens of years ago at high latitudes is resurfacing in up - wellings; carbon absorbed by plants months to centuries ago is degassed by soils Sorry, there is a fundamental lack of knowledge of dynamic systems here: as long as the total of the CO2 influxes is the same as the total of the CO2 outfluxes, nothing happens in the atmosphere.

«They allow 60 to 80 % of rainwater to stay on a roof to be absorbed by the plants or evaporated.

Tim Folkerts asks «How much of the ~ 340 W / m ^ 2 gets absorbed by plants?

In fact, we can determine that much, nearly half, of the emissions are dissolving into sea water and being absorbed by plants.

Here we report measurements of ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes, remotely sensed radiation absorbed by plants, and country - level crop yields taken during the European heatwave in 2003.

They exclude it based on the theory that this release of carbon dioxide is matched and implicitly «offset» by the carbon dioxide absorbed by the plants growing the biomass feedstock.

They exclude it based on the assumption that this release of carbon dioxide is matched and implicitly offset by the carbon dioxide absorbed by the plants growing the biomass.

This is observed as an intensifying increase in the gross production of plants, which means an increase in the amount of carbon absorbed by plants.

The rate of accumulation depends on how much CO2 mankind emits and how much of this excess CO2 is absorbed by plants and soil or is transported down into the ocean depths by plankton (microscopic plants and animals).

«even if one second later some of the human CO2 is absorbed by plants or by the oceans, that is at the cost of natural CO2 which should have been used instead.»

«as what is emitted by humans doesn't disappear by magic and is added to the atmosphere, even if one second later some of the human CO2 is absorbed by plants or by the oceans, that is at the cost of natural CO2 which should have been used instead.»

The mass balance is a very solid argument, as what is emitted by humans doesn't disappear by magic and is added to the atmosphere, even if one second later some of the human CO2 is absorbed by plants or by the oceans, that is at the cost of natural CO2 which should have been used instead.

That's ironic that you mention that particular property of CO2, because there are scientist that theorize that, since CO2 is heavier, the GCM models are not correct — most CO2 produced at Earth's surface NEVER gets well mixed in fact most CO2 gets removed by rainfall, or gets absorbed by plants or the ocean long before it can cause any change in the so - called Greenhouse gas effect (but the GHG theory is not correct anyway) and the fact that they have severly underestimated CO2 upweelinng from the dee

The CO2 we and all other organisms breathe out is just the perfect amount to be absorbed by plants and turned into sugar, which we eat and breathe out as CO2.

Carbon dioxide from burning fuels and forests is flowing in twice as fast as it is being absorbed by plants and the ocean, and some of those «sinks» are in fact getting saturated, it appears, meaning that the «drain» is clogging a bit.

heavy metals) and toxic fertilizer (aka bio sludge) which can be absorbed by plants.

So, by increasing photosynthesis on earth by one - third, as much additional energy will be absorbed by plants as is released by all human activity.

It is naturally present in air and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis, a chemical reaction that turns sunlight into food.

Carbon - 14 can combine with oxygen in the atmosphere to create carbon dioxide, which is then absorbed by plants and makes its way through the food chain.

Contact: [email protected] 508-289-7139 WOODS HOLE, Mass. --- Nitrogen, an essential plant nutrient, is most readily absorbed by plants in its ammonium and nitrate forms.

«Further research to shed more light on the spread of thioarsenates is now even more urgent since we were able to show for the first time that thioarsenates can be absorbed by plants and are harmful to them.»

Nitrogen, an essential plant nutrient, is most readily absorbed by plants in its ammonium and nitrate forms.

As people burn fuels — in cars, power plants and factories — nitrogen is released into the atmosphere and absorbed by plants.

Inside the greenhouse the visible light is absorbed by the plants and soil and is converted into heat, which is then emitted by the plants and soil in form of infrared radiation.

Even though the science says that the amount of lead absorbed by plants varies widely (spinach and sunflowers = leady, apple trees and tomatoes = not leady), and even though every study on children who play in the dirt and eat homegrown food (my eight - year - old daughter included) has come back saying that there is no evidence of elevated bodily lead levels, people around here are petrified about growing their own vegetables, and even of letting their kids play in the mud.

A second consequence of the features of the food cycle is that when toxins such as the insecticide DDT get absorbed by plants, they get concentrated at each successive food level.

Hence when the Mak cycle leads to reduce energy in the North ice sheets form, this increases albedo which reduces overall energy being absorbed by the plant and we have an ices.

[IRON STRESSED] PLANKTON FOUND TO ABSORB LESS CARBON DIOXIDE, BBC, 08/30/06 The amount of carbon absorbed by plant plankton in large segments of the Pacific Ocean is much less than previously estimated, researchers say.

Up until now, 29 per cent of human emissions of carbon dioxide has been taken up by the oceans, 28 per cent has been absorbed by plant growth on land, and the remaining 43 per cent has accumulated in the atmosphere.

These chemicals are in oil because they were once absorbed by plant life, from the atmosphere.

As the Xerces Society explains, these chemicals are used to kill sap - sucking and leaf - chewing insects; they are systemic, meaning they are absorbed by the plant tissues and expressed in all parts, including nectar and pollen.

«They're completely legal, but they're absorbed by the plant and can end up in the pollen or nectar.»

Not exact matches

There's «gee, I hope when I die I go somewhere special,» and then there's the fact of it: you're in a box, buried in the ground, your body breaks down and gets absorbed by the planet eventually, and your nutrients are used to make a plant grow or something to that effect.

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Some sing to the plants while picking them others whistles, but all dress our plants for pure precision and deep care.The shade - grow green tea leaves are then carefully stone - grilled and grind into 1000 mashes so tiny it can pass through 1000 holes per square inch, making our tea not only easily mixed but also easily absorbed by our body.

The iron and zinc in beef and lamb are well absorbed by the body, better than the iron and zinc found in plant - based foods like legumes, spinach and grains.

But by stopping the destruction of mature (old - growth) forests, we prevent a huge amount of carbon from going into the atmosphere, and by promoting Earth - friendly planting and management of young forests, we absorb large amounts of atmospheric carbon.

I'm trying to eat as much as I can because of its nutritional benefits: — they can help your diet by making you feel full (it's because they absorb 10 times their weight in water, forming a bulky gel)-- they are the richest plant source of Omega - 3 — chia seeds slow down how fast our bodies convert carbohydrates into simple sugars, studies indicate they can control blood sugar — they are an excellent source of fiber, with a whopping 10 grams in only 2 tablespoons — chia seeds are rich in antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, aging and cancer — chia seeds contain no gluten or grains — the outer layer of chia seeds swells when mixed with liquids to form a gel (this can used in place of eggs to lower cholesterol and increase the nutrient content of foods and baked goods)(More info here.)

Animal protein is far more easily absorbed by humans than is plant protein.

Iron from meat is absorbed by your body more fully than iron from plants.

The efficiency of natural photosynthesis is limited by light - absorbing pigments in plants or bacteria, he says.

One approach that is gaining currency among environmental scientists is carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a form of carbon sequestration in which CO2 is removed from the waste gas of power plants, typically by absorbing it in a liquid, and subsequently burying it deep underground, hence keeping the gas out of the atmosphere.

A new study based on NASA satellite data and meteorological data shows that the amount of carbon absorbed by Earth's plants and trees fell in the past decade