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A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors.
Humic substances are extracted from soil and other solid sources using 0.1 M NaOH, under a nitrogen atmosphere, to prevent abiotic oxidation of some of the components of HS. The HA is then precipitated at pH 1, and the soluble fraction is treated on a resin column to separate fulvic acid components from other acid soluble compounds. [13]
The solid residue of sewage sludge treatment, which is a secondary phase in the wastewater treatment process, is also called humus. [10] When not judged contaminated by pathogens , toxic heavy metals , or persistent organic pollutants according to standard tolerance levels, it is sometimes composted and used as a soil amendment .
A peatland that is still capable of forming new peat is called a mire, while drained and converted peatlands might still have a peat layer but are not considered mires as the formation of new peat has ceased. [1] There are two types of mire: bog and fen. [2]
The goals of peatland restoration in hydrological terms are primarily to improve the quality and regulate the quantity of water. A peatland as an intact ecosystem is a natural water purifier, it filters and stores organic substances, metals or other toxic matter and retains nutrients. [8]
Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC. A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]
Coal liquefaction is a process of converting coal into liquid hydrocarbons: liquid fuels and petrochemicals.This process is often known as "coal to X" or "carbon to X", where X can be many different hydrocarbon-based products.
As a result of peat use, raised bogs have been harvested for peat and cultivated, apart from a few remnants (less than 10% of the original area). The largest contiguous raised bog in central Europe was the Bourtange Moor , which originally covered an area of about 2,300 km 2 including the Dutch portion, but only small sections remain.