Sentences with phrase «dead organic matter in»

One of the biggest concerns is that as the permafrost thaws over increasingly longer summers, an enormous amount of carbon dioxide currently stored in dead organic matter in the soil could be released to the atmosphere, which would further contribute to the warming of the planet and affect regions far from the Arctic Circle.

The terrestrial biosphere reservoir contains carbon in organic compounds in vegetation (living biomass)(450 to 650 PgC) and in dead organic matter in litter and soils (1500 to 2400 PgC).

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A new study led by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveals that land use in the watersheds from which this «dissolved organic matter» originates has important implications for Bay water quality, with the organic carbon in runoff from urbanized or heavily farmed landscapes more likely to persist as it is carried downstream, thus contributing energy to fuel low - oxygen «dead zones» in coastal waters.

Microbiologist David Blehert of the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, isolated a previously unknown strain of Geomyces, a fungus that normally feeds on dead organic matter.

According to her, the research included four of the five functionally distinct carbon pools whose study is recommended by the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): aboveground biomass (live plants), dead organic matter, leaf litter (layer that contains a combination of fragments of leaves, branches and other decomposing organic matter) and soil (up to 30 centimeters (cm) in depth).

Worms will play a crucial role in this system as they break down and recycle dead organic matter.

The pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), is a chytrid fungus, a type that lives in damp or wet environments and typically consumes dead organic matter.

The organic matter in soils, sediments, and water may come from decomposed land plants, dead plankton (tiny marine animals and plants), or burned wood or fossil fuels, and it offers clues about Earth's past and present environments.

Known as the «sulfur pearl of Namibia,» this anaerobic species digests organic matter under low - oxygen (or no - oxygen) conditions that are caused by high rates of phytoplankton growth in the Benguela upwelling zone, and the subsequent decay of large masses of dead phytoplankton that have fallen to the seafloor.

In 19 zany poems, including rhyme, free verse, sonnet, tanka, and clerihew, Bulion introduces a variety of the brown food web's decomposers that live in the leaf litter layer, also called the duff, and how they turn dead organic matter into nutrients for plantIn 19 zany poems, including rhyme, free verse, sonnet, tanka, and clerihew, Bulion introduces a variety of the brown food web's decomposers that live in the leaf litter layer, also called the duff, and how they turn dead organic matter into nutrients for plantin the leaf litter layer, also called the duff, and how they turn dead organic matter into nutrients for plants.

Outdoors, molds play a part in nature by breaking down dead organic matter such as fallen leaves and dead trees, but indoors, mold growth should be avoided.

Flea larva fall off of the pet and live in cracks and niches along your floor and in stuffed furniture where they feed on dead organic matter.

Biosphere (terrestrial and marine)- The part of the Earth system comprising all ecosystems and living organisms, in the atmosphere, on land (terrestrial biosphere) or in the oceans (marine biosphere), including derived dead organic matter, such as litter, soil organic matter and oceanic detritus.

«A potentially very large Arctic source of methane to the atmosphere is the decay of organic matter in the form of dead plant, animal and microbial remains that have been frozen in shallow permafrost for tens of thousands of years,» it said.

In the long run, the excess algal growth can have devastating impacts on the health and age of a fresh water lake or river, causing eutrophication to speed up, where lakes and other water bodies fill in with dead algae and other organic matter and eventually turn into dry lanIn the long run, the excess algal growth can have devastating impacts on the health and age of a fresh water lake or river, causing eutrophication to speed up, where lakes and other water bodies fill in with dead algae and other organic matter and eventually turn into dry lanin with dead algae and other organic matter and eventually turn into dry land.