But they are also used in the production of fertilizer, garden mulch, and soil conditioner.
It has carried out more than 400 surveys and soil purification schemes to date.
OneWorld Health is currently developing medicines for diarrheal diseases, malaria, visceral leishmaniasis and soil-transmitted helminthes (intestinal worms).
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The adoption of herbicide-resistant crops could help improve water and soil quality by reducing the need for tilling.
Its first air and soil tests showed strong traces of methane, a compound usually produced by living things.
What the city does have is contaminated standing water and soil, downed power lines and limited automobile fuel.
Using powerful vehicle-mounted air blasters, soldiers can search for contact wires by blowing away leaves, sand and soil.
They found that the height of a panel and soil quality had the most potential impact on stone deterioration.
Toxoplasmosis can be found in raw meat, cat faeces and soil where they have defecated and unpasteurised goat's milk.
Once, he recalls, an environmental inspector claimed that AES had stored rock and soil it had removed from its mine without proper authorization.
While reluctantly agreeing, Kazakhstan said it feared that highly toxic fuel had contaminated water and soil over a huge area.
The good news here is that more and more wineries are starting to seriously examine how grapes and soil are managed.
Shallow plowing, no crop rotation, inadequate seedbeds, and other habits sustained by lore and tradition resulted in poor production and soil exhaustion.
Climate and soil determine a lot of what can be planted successfully.
In Swansea, a wall collapsed in Clifton Place, with an estimated 30 tons of rubble and soil falling on to a footpath.
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If there were a real carbon price, farmers would think of their fields in terms of the carbon embodied in crops and soil.
The exposed cliffs and slopes, devoid of plant life, clearly show the layers of rock and soil that have made this region such a geological playground.
Organic farming scores better on biodiversity and soil composition, according to a review of studies comparing conventional and organic farming by Britain's farming ministry.
Personally, I will bemoan the beach and park closings, the shorter library hours, the cuts in water, air, and soil conservation, and mass transit funding.
Members of the project hope that future habitants on the planet will be able to harness the wind, water deposits and soil to become self-sufficient.
They look at a forest or a desert and they track rainfall patterns, or air and soil temperatures, what plants grow there and who eats what.
One interesting pilot scheme being tried out in Minnesota allows farmers who reduce fertiliser run-off and soil erosion to enjoy an exemption from future state and federal water-quality standards.
The project aims at providing comprehensive information on the present condition of the structure of Jam Nizamuddin Tomb and soil condition for a proper conservation and restoration of the structure.
Wineries are using iPads in their vineyards to the call up weather data and soil profiles, record quality assessment and make decisions on the spot about whether to harvest their grapes.
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The hut and its land would be taken over by forest, and the hare would come out of the bushes and soil what had once been a dwelling of the human race.
Its deadliness was linked, among other things, to the weakness of buildings, the depth of the quake, the density of population, the fault and soil types, and the intensity of the shaking.
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The scheme is an agri-environment scheme, which provides funding for farmers to manage their land in a way designed to benefit biodiversity and landscape features and improve the quality of water and soil.
Homes that are built to exploit gorgeous views yet withstand severe storms and flooding require clever structural and soil engineering but also another key ingredient: elevation on pedestals or pilings sunk deep into bedrock.
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