What keeps soils alive, and productive, is the compost or humus of leaf litter, animal dung, withered roots and
other decaying vegetation in the first metre or so of topsoil: this in turn feeds an invisible army of tiny creatures that recycle the nutrient elements for the next generation of plant life.
Not exact matches
It is a result of fruit trees, seaweed,
vegetation and
decaying and pressurizing to form complex substances rich in essential minerals, amino acids, electrolytes and
other beneficial compounds.
In recent years, climate scientists have been concerned about a so - called «methane time bomb» on land, which would be detonated when warming Arctic temperatures melt permafrost and cause frozen
vegetation in peat bogs and
other areas to
decay, releasing methane and carbon dioxide.