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  2. Category:Soil improvers - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Soil improvers" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  3. Environmental impact of aviation - Wikipedia

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    By November 2019, the German Aerospace Center estimated large electric planes could be available by 2040. Large, long-haul aircraft are unlikely to become electric before 2070 or within the 21st century, whilst smaller aircraft can be electrified. [84] As of May 2020, the largest electric airplane was a modified Cessna 208B Caravan.

  4. Soil conditioner - Wikipedia

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    Soil conditioners may be used to improve water retention in dry, coarse soils which are not holding water well. The addition of organic material for instance can greatly improve the water retention abilities of sandy soils and they can be added to adjust the pH of the soil to meet the needs of specific plants or to make highly acidic or ...

  5. Soil conservation - Wikipedia

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    The rows formed slow surface water run-off during rainstorms to prevent soil erosion and allow the water time to infiltrate into the soil. Soil conservation is the prevention of loss of the topmost layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination

  6. Aircraft recycling - Wikipedia

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    In the twentieth century, most aircraft were not recycled; old planes were abandoned in landfills. [1] In the early 2000s, Airbus and Boeing, two of the largest airplane manufacturing companies developed systematic recycling processes to deal with their retired planes and parts as an alternative to moving them to landfills.

  7. Blue ice (aviation) - Wikipedia

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    These incidents typically happen under airport landing paths as the mass warms sufficiently to detach from the plane during its descent. A rare incident of falling blue ice causing damage to the roof of a home was reported on October 20, 2006, in Chino, California. [3] A similar incident was reported in Leicester, UK, in 2007. [4]

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    The bestselling NNPCBT Disposable Face Masks are made of three layers of non-woven fiber, exceeding the CDC's recommendation that masks have at least two layers. A metal nose wire and elastic ...

  9. Engineered materials arrestor system - Wikipedia

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    EMAS bed after being run over by landing gear. An engineered materials arrestor system, engineered materials arresting system (EMAS), or arrester bed [1] is a bed of engineered materials built at the end of a runway to reduce the severity of the consequences of an aircraft running off the end of a runway.