There is a lots
of decaying organic matter in the oceans to be the source of C13 depleted CO2.
Compost Fertilizer made
of decaying organic matter.
The settings of these two blazes couldn't have been more different, but scientists suspect the two had something important in common: plenty
of decaying organic matter known as peat.
Not exact matches
Known more accurately as soil
organic carbon, it is part
of soil
organic matter, which is made up
of decaying plant and animal
matter, and essential elements for good plant growth such as calcium, phosphorous, and nitrogen.
Peat moss is made
of only
organic matter — specifically, the
decaying remains in a peat bog.
Composting
decays piles
of food or manure as microbes decompose
organic matter using oxygen to survive, grow and reproduce.
Schweitzer knew this amounted to paleontological heresy: According to the textbooks, when fossils form, all but the hardiest
organic matter decays, leaving a mix
of leftover minerals plus new ones that have leached in and taken the bone's shape.
The ice prevents the
decay of organic matter and preserves sensitive material.
Decaying organic matter on the lake floor sucked all the oxygen out
of the briny layer, forcing microorganisms to find something else to «breathe.»
The contents
of ceramic vessels
decay over time, leaving a film
of residue containing proteins from any
organic matter stored within.
The approach, called tunable infrared laser direct absorption spectroscopy, detects the ratio
of methane isotopes, which can provide a «fingerprint» to differentiate between two common origins: microbial, in which microorganisms, typically living in wetlands or the guts
of animals, produce methane as a metabolic byproduct; or thermogenic, in which
organic matter, buried deep within the Earth,
decays to methane at high temperatures.
Some species
of Leptospira are non-infectious, deriving nourishment from dead or
decaying organic matter.
3 By making mathematical models
of the carbon cycle in order to understand how oxygen — critical for large, complex organisms — was able to build up in the atmosphere because
of changes in how
organic matter decays;
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.
We recommend this therapy because the storage
of decaying fecal
matter, toxins and other
organic waste in our body can contribute to different types
of disease.
You are the same
decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all a part
of the same compost pile.»
Even if the leaves are not poisonous the increased levels
of organic matter falling into or blowing into the pond is bad news; the leaves eventually
decay on the pond floor.
This stabilized soil or mud frequently is high in
decaying organic matter and therefore deficient in oxygen, and the water can not supply sufficient quantities
of oxygen to meet the roots» demands.
Increased inputs
of nutrients from land are enhancing algal blooms, and the sinking
of this
organic matter to the seafloor and subsequent
decay leads to a high oxygen demand in bottom waters.
For example, some suggest that melting arctic permafrost could result in the
decay of huge amounts
of organic matter, releasing more CO2 and methane.
Much
of the
organic matter associated with this high productivity sinks onto the relatively wide continental shelf, where
decay results in the reduction
of dissolved oxygen in bottom waters [5].
«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.
Terrestrial ecosystems, such as the Arctic tundra and Amazon rainforest, contain a huge amount
of carbon in
organic matter such as
decaying plant material.
Tropical reservoirs flood huge amounts
of organic matter, which creates methane as it
decays.
Additionally, large dam reservoirs release large amounts
of greenhouse gasses due to
decaying organic matter in the flood zone.
Indonesian forests are home to roughly 60 percent
of the world's tropical peatlands, where
decayed vegetation or
organic matter has accumulated in the soil layers and created peat deposits that can be up to 10 meters deep.
We found that soil warming results in a four - phase pattern
of soil
organic matter decay and carbon dioxide fluxes to the atmosphere, with phases
of substantial soil carbon loss alternating with phases
of no detectable loss.
What percentage
of the remaining hydrocarbons is in
decaying organic matter versus living plants?
Every square inch
of the surface
of the Planet Earth, where there is a bit
of organic matter, a few bacteria and a temperature a few degrees above your home refrigerator, is undergoing
organic decay and emitting CO2.