Sentences with phrase «decomposition of organic material»

Most ponds and lakes generally release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through the decomposition of organic material than they absorb through photosynthesis.

Their results show that the presence of cheating microbes slows down the decomposition of organic material, so that it accumulates in soil.

As for soil fungi, Elmholt (1996) found a higher number and abundance of saprophytic soil fungi with a higher potential of decomposition of organic material.

Having a compost pile is a great introduction for children to learn the importance and natural function of decomposition of organic materials.

A brief and incomplete list of their positive roles would include the pollination of many, perhaps most higher plants; the decomposition of organic materials, facilitating the recycling of carbon, nitrogen, and other essential nutrients; the control of populations of harmful invertebrate species (including other insects); the direct production of certain foods (honey, for example); and the manufacture of useful products such as silk and shellac.

Then a lot is emitted from the decomposition of organic materials that are deposited and methane is emitted from burning coal for energy.

Not exact matches

Yet there is always some leftover organic material, consisting of carbon, nitrogen, and minerals, which remains sequestered in the soil, somehow prevented from further decomposition.

The installation — a workshop set up for producing these sculptures from start to finish, from casting the organic material in a single mold all the way to the phase of fixation — does not cease to evolve with the opening of the show: it continues to unfold through decomposition and composition, death and regeneration.

Looking at the carbon fixation - organic material decomposition as a linked process, one sees that some of the carbon fixed by photosynthesis and incorporated into plant tissue is perhaps delayed from returning to the atmosphere until it is oxidised by decomposition or fire.

peat unconsolidated soil material consisting largely of partially decomposed organic matter accumulated under conditions of excess moisture or other conditions that decrease decomposition rates

The role of feedbacks from climate change impacts back to the climate system, for example the rate of decomposition of plant material (organic carbon) currently locked within permafrost peatlands and drying of rainforests, will be quantified through a range of tests