FEMALE STUDENT:So how do ya find these peat walls, buried in all that other soil? FEMALE PROFESSOR:Well, one way is to borrow a modern technique used by geophysicists... MALE STUDENT:Uh, sorry if you said this already... but uh... what are they looking for in Iceland anyway?
Strange lights, creatures in the mist, and fairy glades are all part of wetland folklore, and stem from their unique chemistry and climate.
As we saw last year with DeVito, his accuracy is scatter-shot and the offense bogs down far too often, particularly with an offensive line that gives up pressure and the young QB's propensity to take sacks. DeVito made some fun plays with his legs, but he's simply not going to lead ...
A bog is a type of wetland that is made up of decaying organic material (peat) and has been used as a fossil fuel to warm homes for centuries. Bogs are very soft and can be dangerous; they cannot sustain much weight, and a person can become trapped and disappear. Bogs can be found...
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Found in the cool, oxygen-poor waters of peat bogs, these mummified remains often have startlingly well-preserved skin and even facial expressions The secret? The acidic, tannin-rich water of the bog, which prevents bacteria from breaking down the body. The earliest bog bodies date back ...
Uh, in Ireland, they cut up peat from bogs and they burn that. So what's the big distinction between this and fossil carbon? Biomass carbon is what we might call current carbon. It's always going in and out of the atmosphere.
To propagate the flowering fern, sections of the root can be divided and replanted. The spores, produced in midsummer, can be collected and replanted in damp peat moss or compost in a greenhouse. Once collected, the spores must be sown within three days. Plants grown from spores should be...
MALE STUDENT: Did you say, “peat”? FEMALE PROFESSOR: Yes, peat ... That’s a light kind of airy soil that comes from bogs and wetlands and contains a high proportion of decayed organic matter.Anyway, the peat can be compressed and dried and made into big, thick blocks.And that’s...
Some scientists point to thegeochemical traces of nuclear bomb tests, specifically plutonium — a radioactive element widely detected across the world in coral reefs, ice cores and peat bogs. Others say it could be something altogether more mundane, such as a fossilizedlayer of bones from chicken...