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< Biodefense | Biodegradation | Biodiversity > We have 10 pages of Biodegradation Blog Entries. "For example, one array might look for genes and chemical compounds associated with biodegradation of a spacecraft's structure, whereas another array might look for human pathogens, or try to detect life on Mars." ... From John Carman added that PCBs also drift around the planet via the global distillation effect. "Even animals in the Arctic are loaded with this stuff, as is the snow and ice in polar regions. Incinerating it is just insane and that's why ... From unknown It turns out that you can make landfill garbage biodegrade more quickly when you over it with septage (the material that is pumped out of septic tanks? let?s not be any more specific). Faster garbage biodegradation means a longer ... From Philip Proefrock In the second half of the twentieth century, a production of certain materials truly skyrocketed, a group of materials never seen before on our planet. They were synthetic polymers, also known as. From unknown Seafloor bacteria on ocean-bottom rocks are more abundant and diverse than previously thought, appearing to "feed" on the planet's oceanic crust, according to results of a study reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature. ... From unknown My concern is that there are biodegradation parallels to the legendary "green trash bag" issue. The manufacturers will have to establish whether the polymer resins actually biodgrade or whether they just become particulates in ... From unknown The use of microbes to directly generate electricity from the biodegradation of waste organic matter in microbial fuel cells is a technology that shows great promise. Caroline S. Harwood of the University of Washington has proposed the ... From ravenII Sure it's great that taking care of the planet has become mainstream and people are becoming semi-conscious of their resource consumption. But pushing new products on consumers, whether they're greener alternatives or not, ... From Joshua Liberles Cow dung historically was collected into big pools and allowed to just biodegrade, a byproduct of the biodegradation is methane. Methane is 10 times more potent a green house gas as carbon. One common offset project is to cover the dung ... From admin And conversion to woodland area is based on the CO2 consumption of the trees (which I suppose is a little short-sighted since the CO2 bound up in the trees will ultimately be released again in biodegradation or fuel use of the ... From Christine LepistoPlanet > Biodegradation > Biodegradation Blog Entries
81.) Attack of the space microbes | COSMOS magazine
Over one day ago | Sun May 25 0:00:00 PDT 2008
82.) Importing PCBs for Burning: In Port Arthur Texas : TreeHugger
Over one day ago | Fri Jun 6 0:00:00 PDT 2008
83.) Trash + Sewage = Green | EcoGeek - Clean Technology
Over one day ago | Fri Oct 3 0:00:00 PDT 2008
84.) POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES ? THE BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS - Gate2Biotech.com
Over one day ago | Fri Jul 27 0:00:00 PDT 2007
85.) Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow
Over one day ago | Thu May 29 7:08:00 PDT 2008
86.) ViaStone: Biodegradable Paper Made From Stone : TreeHugger
Over one day ago | Thu Aug 24 13:04:00 PDT 2006
Over one day ago | Sun Jul 6 0:00:00 PDT 2008
88.) Carectomy.com: Removing Cars from People - HGTV ?Green Home ...
Over one day ago | Mon Apr 28 0:00:00 PDT 2008
89.) Is Wind Generator (energy conservation tips) Guide
Over one day ago | Tue Sep 16 18:49:00 PDT 2008
90.) Largest Solar Park in the World Opens in Germany : TreeHugger
Over one day ago | Sun Apr 30 0:37:00 PDT 2006