Sentences with phrase «make peat»

Projected changes in climate, including an increase of droughts and less frequent, more intense rain events, imply that this phenomenon may make peat bogs into larger sources of methylmercury to downstream water resources and ecosystems.

The breakdown of biological material in bogs happens anaerobically, meaning in the absence of oxygen, making peat and peat mosses formidable carbon sinks.

Not exact matches

He's coming in hot with Buffalo Chicken Nachos, which is pretty awesome, but fingers crossed these Southern BBQ Nachos are going to make me a 3 - peat winner.

The small planting pellets are about the diameter of a silver dollar, and are made of compressed peat moss in netting.

The company is a signatory of the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests and has made a long - term commitment to only buy palm oil whose production doesn't lead to deforestation, fire or loss of peat land.

You can only drink so much coffee, even when it's well made and there's a fine glowing peat fire to sit beside and half a nor «westerly gale straight from Greenland kicking up big green rollers on the beaches of the peninsula.

After breezing past Lukas Rosol 6 - 1, 6 - 0 in Round 2, Djokovic looks determined to make it a three - peat at Key Biscayne.

The big question is however... can they make it a 3 - peat?

Peat moss is made of only organic matter — specifically, the decaying remains in a peat bog.

To make room for oil palm plantations and other crops, companies will raze existing trees (the source of future peat) and drain the water to dry out the soil.

Animals including the Arthropleura — a nearly 10 - foot - long relative of the centipede — splashed through grass - free, shallow waters, their feet skimming the spongy peat made from decomposing foliage.

In deforested areas, layers of peat — sometimes dozens of meters deep — become flammable as they dry out, which is sometimes exacerbated by deliberate draining in order to make them more suitable for palm oil and timber plantations.

For example, B&Q, one of Britain's largest domestic gardening suppliers, refuses to stock peat taken from any SSSI and promotes a range of alternatives, notably coir, made of coconut fibre.

The researchers from the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment (DPIPWE) and the University of Tasmania made the discovery during a survey of peat - bound karstic wetlands — an unusual type of swamp which occurs only in peaty soils underlain by limestone and similar carbonate rocks.

Because human - made warming is more rapid than natural long - term warmings in the past, there is concern that methane hydrate or peat feedbacks could be more rapid than the feedbacks that exist in the paleoclimate record.

This makes coco peat an excellent growing medium for hydrophonics or plant growing container, especially it has natural rooting hormones and anti-fungal properties.

«Common charcoal is made from peat, coal, wood, coconut shell, or petroleum.

I made some DIY French country lavender peat pots this weekend and stuffed them with my decoupage Frenchy Easter eggs, and some other vintage inspired Easter treasures.

Eddie Redmayne's quiet, sensitive turn as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl is a truly stellar turn, and one that very much makes the case for a two - peat after his Best Actor win for Theory of Everything.

A two - peat win raises the question, what makes Inspiration such an inspiration?

Ms. Peats was born and raised in Camden, Maine and made her way to Nashville after completing her undergraduate degree from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

On the return to Albany, visit Limeburners distillery to sample whisky made with locally sourced peat while you watch out the window for dolphins in the bay.

Last year, 74,000 hectares of peat land were set ablaze, making the haze disaster even worse.

Re: comment 22... and the suggestion that these periods (MWP) had significant man - made influence with respect to atmospheric CO2 production from forest and peat burning.

So to the fires burning in Russia will have worldwide effects as the torched peat bogs whose layers consist of dead plant materials will end up releasing large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air accelerating the greenhouse effect and making the air nearly unbreathable.

Instead of peat moss... BeatsPeat is made of 100 % premium coconut coir.

The fire is likely to be fueled by peat, a dark rich soil that has been made more vulnerable to catching fire because the permafrost — soil that is frozen for more than two years — is melting faster than usual.

Large reserves of peat make up a large portion of the soil, swamps and bogs in the northern reaches of the globe.

The owner of Indonesia's largest conglomerate has been accused of participating in the illegal deforestation of Borneo's Ketungau peat swamp to make way for oil palm plantations.

This private sector - led initiative is part of the wider peat protection policy rolled out by President Joko «Jokowi» Widodo with the idea that rehabilitating peatlands by wetting peat soil and planting peat - friendly crops will make them less prone to fires.

The fact that these Indonesian rainforests have thick peat layers as soil actually makes them impressive carbon stores.

The gradual decarbonisation of our electricity grids — as renewable energy is phased in, while coal and peat are phased out — coupled with the proliferation of new buildings with very limited heat demand, has some experts asking if heating our homes and offices directly with electricity is starting to make sense again.

There are many underlying causes for these fires, including the draining of swampy peat soils to make way for palm oil and pulpwood plantations and the use of illegal slash - and - burn practices by farmers

When the peat is dug up or burned to make way for other uses, carbon is released, contributing to high greenhouse gas emissions.

Reforestry, peat bog restoration, the education and especially health / reproduction for women (together make number ONE in effective reduction of carbon / methane)!

Peat swamp in Malaysian Borneo Long considered an unproductive hindrance to growth and development, peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia have been systematically cleared, drained and burned away to make...

Instead of buying expensive peat pots to plant your seeds in, make these spiffy planting pots by rolling recycled newspaper around a...

Although they make up only 1 % of all tropical forest areas, the thickness of this carbon - rich layer means mangroves hold as much as a quarter of the carbon of tropical peat lands.

Back in 1989, then - Lakers coach Pat Riley made news when he obtained a trademark on «three - peat,» a phrase he coined to describe the Lakers (unsuccessful) effort to win three consecutive championships.

For the week between August 7th and August 13th, it was once again Square Enix's 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the tippy top of the software chart, making it a three - peat for the eleventh main series entry in the iconic franchise.

According to the report, last year marked the third straight year Hispanics grew their homeownership rate — the only demographic group to make a three - peat.

8 Soil and fertilizer Soil-less mix made of peat moss, vermiculite and perlite is light but will not provide the nutrients your plants will need.