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Humus Summary
380 words, approx. 1 pages Humus is the more or less stable fraction of organic matter remaining in a soil after the major portions of added plant and animal residues have decomposed. No longer recognizable as living tissues, humus is comprised of large molecules (e.g.,...
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Humus Summary
63 words, approx. 1 pages Humus is essentially decomposed organic matter in soil. Humus can vary in color but is often dark brown. Besides containing valuable nutrients, there are many other benefits of humus: it stabilizes soil mineral particles into aggregates, improves pore...
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Humus : Environmental Health Terms
24 words, approx. 1 pages Partially decomposed organic (usually vegetable) material of dark brown or black appearance. It is used to improve fertility and water retention in...
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 "Humus" is a term used to describe organic material in soil. In the earth sciences, "humus" refers to any organic matter which has reached a point of stability, where it will break down no further and might, if conditions do not change, remain...




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Michigan eases carcasses regulations
11/16/2007: 669 words, approx. 2 pages Dairy farmer Ken Nobis reaches into a tall mound of what looks like topsoil and grabs a clump, which he looks over and quickly sniffs before crumbling it.The 10-foot-high, 50-foot-long heap that he's examining is a compost pile. Its humus is dark, rich and virtually...
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Palestinians profit from breach
1/25/2008: 531 words, approx. 2 pages Ever-inventive entrepreneurs found unusual ways to profit from the flood of Gazan Palestinians across the Egyptian border, which burst open for two days after a long blockade.One boy charged a shekel in exchange for a boost over the fence. Children sold tea in plastic cups....
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More Palestinian workers hide in Israel
6/1/2007: 997 words, approx. 3 pages Two Palestinian men crawl through an opening not much larger than a shoe box and descend a shaky ladder, into a space filled with the rank smell of urine and cigarette smoke.This underground, unfinished mall near the junction of two Tel Aviv highways is home...
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West Bank poverty spawns child beggars
8/18/2007: 1,099 words, approx. 4 pages For 15-year-old Issa, days of summer start when the sun rises over a northern Israeli hill, shining on a garbage dump, a thorny field and then the dirty mattress that is his bed.Issa is among hundreds of Palestinian child laborers who sneak into Israel from...


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