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soils resource paper
Soil properties, which change on small spatial scales also, tend to change rapidly, whereas properties such as soil texture take decades to centuries to change. Soil formation can indeed function on a geologic time scale, but current rates of erosion force us to consider rates of soil loss, ...
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Papers - CO2 May 2003
Conceição Telles et al. Soil texture and carbon dioxide excgange in Amazonia Suchet et al. Global rock distribution and carbon dioxide uptake by weathering Litton et al. Soil carbon dioxide flux and tree ... dioxide emissions from liming of soils in Brazil Pendall et al. Elevated carbon dioxide, soil water and soil respiration in Colorado, US Rosón et al. Carbon dioxide fluxes in the subtropical North ...
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Microbial Technologies - Case Studies
Our tests of the contaminated soil indicated that it supported virtually no bacteria, including PCP-degrading bacteria. We identified external sources of PCP-degraders and ameliorated soil texture ...
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Grasscycling - IT’S OKAY TO "LET IT LAY"
MULCH. Pile about 1" of dried clippings on the soil to reduce weeds and moderate soil temperature. Mulching also controls erosion, run-off and evaporation. If using ... SOIL ADDITIVE. Mixing fresh grass clippings into the garden improves soil texture, promotes moisture retention and adds nutrients and organic matter. About once a month, turn a 2" layer of grass into the soil ...
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YARD WASTE & COMPOSTING
The decomposed materials form a rich, dark soil called humus. Humus returns nutrients to the soil, improves soil texture, and promotes new plant growth. COMPOST Yard waste is composed ... nurseries and landscapers. The principal benefits from composting leaf waste are producing a valuable soil amendment and avoiding disposal costs. BACKYARD COMPOSTING You can make a ton of ...
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Earthworms, the agriculturist's friends
Earthworm populations vary not only from one soil ... depths during the summer as the soil becomes drier. Cultivation of the soil may enable earthworms to penetrate further into the soil. How do earthworms influence soil fertility? The accidental introduction ...
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Mulching. Why Mulch? What to use?
CO2 evolved by microbes ... if appropriate materials are unavailable from other sources. Peat moss (very good for improving soil texture, but will not add much in the way of nutrients; it is also quite ...
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Soil Fertility
Soil Fertility Soil Fertility at Nan Watershed Research Station, Nan Province By W. Jirasuktaveekul, S. Charoensuk and S. Rouysungnern Soil texture under mixed deciduous forest was clay loam and clay in the A ... low due to a deficiency of organic matter and soil elements, except calcium. Soil elements in A-horizonare higher than B-horizon. Soil textures under dry dipterocarp forest were sandy clay ...
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Changing of Soil Properties
Chi Watershed Research Station, Kornsarn district, Chaiyaphum province showed that soil texture ... affected by site preparation than in the old shifting cultivation area. Ferrous content in the soil under the old shifting cultivation area was much higher than the ...
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What on Earth is Soil? | Kid's Stuff | Educator and Student Resources | Gulf of Mexico Program | US EPA
Different-sized mineral particles, such as sand, silt, and clay, give soil its texture. Fungi and bacteria help break down organic matter in the soil. Plant roots and lichens break up rocks which become part of new soil. Roots loosen the soil, allowing oxygen ...
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