Podoconiosis is an environment-related or geochemical disease that occurs in tropical highland areas, and is caused by long-term exposure of bare feet to volcanic, red-clay soil and affects some people, particularly those working in agriculture in some regions of Africa, Asia, and South ...
Clay is a type ofnatural materialmade up of tiny particles formed from the breakdown of rocks over time. Depending on the minerals present in the soil, it can be found in various colors, like white, green, or gray. It's a popular ingredient in skincare products because of its ability t...
A natural “cleaner”, clay acts by drawing toxins to itself. Chemicals, heavy metals, and free radicals bind to the clay through the electrical charge created between the edges of the clay’s layers and the toxins. This pulls the toxins away from whatever surface they are on and absorbs t...
Rainfall experiments were conducted at the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Gansu Province, China. Surface soil(0 20 cm) materials were from Doujia Mountain Experimental Station in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, and they had 72% clay, 10% silt and 18% sand. The test soil was air-...
Clay is a type of soil. Some types of clay are used to make medicine. People take clay for diarrhea, stomach disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, poisonings, and nausea. How does work? Clay might bind to certain metals and prevent them from being absorbed by the stomach and intestines. Th...
(Yang et al.2022a,b) due to the potential limit on biomineralization caused by fine clay particles filling biochar pores. Biochar surface functional groups may also interact with soil clay minerals, reducing microbe accessibility to biochar and increasing its stability (Yang et al.2016). With an...
has been the aggregation of clay. This aggregation has made the clay more porous, soft, and aerobic, with better drainage, resulting in deeper root growth of all plants. The site was purchased in 1986 with clay soil 12 feet deep and a pH ranging from 8.3 to 9.2 – so alkaline that in...
It was February of 2013. We knew that we had to work quickly if we wanted to plant vegetables that spring. That month, I pushed 8 the tough clay (黏土) under our lawn with a large shovel (铲子). Luckily, the rain made the soil 9 , and before we knew it, we had finished digging...
Translational sliding failures in landfills are often triggered by inadequate shear strength of interfaces in liners and covers. Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCL) are used in different components of landfills to contain the leachate. GCLs are usually placed
Danso EO, Yakubu A, Darrah YOK, Arthur E, Manevski K, Sabi B, Andersen MN (2019) Impact of rice straw biochar and irrigation on maize yield, intercepted radiation and water productivity in a tropical sandy clay loam. Field Crops Res 243:107–628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.10...