biomass
Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
Energy. organic matter, especially plant matter, that can be converted to fuel and is therefore regarded as a potential energy source.
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Other planned energy sources include biomass and geothermal technologies.
How much will Africa capitalize on cheap renewable energy as its power grid grows? | Carolyn Gramling | January 25, 2021 | Science NewsThey’re using that to build biomass, to build cellular material.
Glacier-dwelling bacteria thrive on chemical energy derived from rocks and water | Kate Baggaley | December 30, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIn the last 25 to 30 years alone, 80% of insect biomass on the planet has vanished.
Thanks to modern breeding techniques, the larger russet can contain less iron per unit of biomass than the smaller fingerling, making the russet less nutrient-dense.
Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too - Issue 90: Something Green | Anne Biklé & David R. Montgomery | September 23, 2020 | NautilusThey argue that a full energy transition will produce a vast infrastructure building boom, across not just wind and solar, but biomass, geothermal, and hydrogen plants.
After the boom: Canada’s oil capital faces an uncertain future | kdunn6 | September 21, 2020 | Fortune
It is not uncommon for a harvest strategy to thin fish stocks by half or more from their original unfished biomass.
The Big Idea: Saving the World’s Most Important Fish | Kevin M. Bailey | August 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA major energy company has completed one of three planned conversions of a power plant from coal to biomass in Virginia.
Dominion Completes Conversion of Coal Plant to Biomass in Virginia | William O’Connor | July 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe plants operated by Dominion will primarily use leftovers from nearby timbering work for the biomass fuel.
Dominion Completes Conversion of Coal Plant to Biomass in Virginia | William O’Connor | July 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis own official bio describes him as a “founding member” of New biomass Energy.
Here are the words she chose to omit from her op-ed: wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, efficiency, smart grid, and fuel economy.
The species is important in the over-all ecology; its biomass often exceeds that of larger species of vertebrates.
Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog | Henry S. Fitch
British Dictionary definitions for biomass
/ (ˈbaɪəʊˌmæs) /
the total number of living organisms in a given area, expressed in terms of living or dry weight per unit area
vegetable matter used as a source of energy
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Scientific definitions for biomass
[ bī′ō-măs′ ]
The total amount of living material in a given habitat, population, or sample. Specific measures of biomass are generally expressed in dry weight (after removal of all water from the sample) per unit area of land or unit volume of water.
Renewable organic materials, such as wood, agricultural crops or wastes, and municipal wastes, especially when used as a source of fuel or energy. Biomass can be burned directly or processed into biofuels such as ethanol and methane. See more at biofuel.
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Cultural definitions for biomass
Material in growing or dead plants.
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