Sentences with phrase «of animal biomass»

Arthropods make up the majority of animal biomass on the tundra, far outweighing birds or mammals.

Not exact matches

In comparison to animals, single - celled fungi are incredibly efficient at converting carbohydrates into protein: a pound of sugar yields half a pound of fungal biomass, beating mammals and fowl by orders of magnitude.

Animal biomass is not a relevant yardstick of sustainability (although I don't know if that's the point that was being made, necessarily).

Meanwhile, when used for juicing, around a third of an apple's biomass — known as apple pomace or pulp — remains after the production process finishes, but is currently discarded or used in low - value animal feed or compost.

Rising awareness about black carbon Half of the world's population — roughly 3 billion people — cook their food and heat their homes by burning coal and biomass material like wood and animal dung, over open fires or rudimentary stoves, according to U.S. EPA.

The human species, therefore, whilst comprising only half of 1 per cent of the global animal biomass, consumes a significant fraction of everything the Earth produces.

The results are surprising, for even in the presence of many different herbivorous animals, plants produced the same amount of biomass as in simulations with a low diversity of herbivore species.

Global peaks in abundance and biomass of animals at mid slope depths occur because this is the depth range where the vertically migrating animals are most easily captured by fishes that live at or near the seafloor.

Zooplankton, tiny animals, take up part of this biomass as food.

They're plentiful in the ocean, with an estimated biomass of 379 - million tons (a biomass significantly larger than humans» estimated 100 - million tons), and they're a popular meal item for sea animals like whales, birds and other fish, placing them solidly at the bottom of the ocean's food chain.

A desert is an arid region of low humidity, a low biomass of plants and animals, little or no free standing or running water and mostly cloudless skies.

According to Vaclav Smil, humans and their domestic animals now account for a breath - taking 97 per cent of the biomass of all terrestrial vertebrates.

Changes in land use are influenced primarily by the demand for cropland and grassland (to supply plant and animal food to the world population) and by the role of biomass energy.

Biomass are plants (like hemp, corn, sugarcane) grown to generate electricity or produce biofuel, plus plant or animal matter used for production of fibers, chemicals, or heat.

Bioenergy refers to sources of energy (electricity and solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels) derived from biomass: plant - or animal - based materials such as crops, crop residues, trees, animal fats, by - products, and wastes.

But biomass (plant material and animal waste) is the oldest source of renewable energy, used since our ancestors learned the secret of fire.

Next, use a mixor of animal waste and biomass to make methane for the gas stove.

To as a composite plant / animal biomass striving to maximum our total volume, it behooves us to be aware of how we can regulate our external environment, not just by avoidance of the problem areas, but by making changes in the background parameters that are outside of the optimum ranges for the whole biomass, not just in our dwellings.

Current estimates indicate that 1.2 billion people (~ 18 % of global population) live without access to electricity and more than 2.7 billion depend on wood or some other form of biomass, including animal dung, for heating and cooking (IEA, 2016).

There is little doubt that biomass sources of CO2emissions, both anthropogenic (prescribed burning, wood and wood product combustion and decay, landfills, human and animal respiration, and fermentation) and natural (wild fires and decay), add CO2 to the atmosphere.

So it's within this context that CAT releases it's third incarnation of Zero Carbon Britain, claiming that a rapid decarbonization of the UK could be achieved by massively ramping up wind power and other renewables; aggressive efforts to promote energy efficiency and demand management; incentives to shift the UK's diet away from animal products to both combat obesity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and managing fluctuation of renewables supply by meeting shortfalls through using synthetic gas made from renewable, sustainably grown biomass energy crops.

Burning biomass (such as plant and animal waste) will supply 60 % of industrial fuels and heat, 13 % of building heat, and 13 % of electricity needs.

It is equally distressing that forests and other sources of wood and other biomass are allowed to literally walk away when they are so badly needed to hold the soil, reduce erosion, and feed and protect the animals that have long made it their homes.

Black carbon The soot that results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuels, and biomass (wood, animal dung, etc.).

For the Himalayas region, the researchers found evidence of the burning of both fossil fuels and biomass, which includes plants and animal dung, coming from northern India's Indo - Gangetic Plain.

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