When the teeth of the digger bucket bit into the ditch vegetation at the edge of Croghan bog in County Offaly, Larry Corley noticed something solid sticking out of the cleaned drain. Jumping out of his cab, and bending down, he was shocked to find it was a human arm, ending in a huge thumb (Grice 2006: 19). He reported it immediately to the local Gardaí, and Det. Sgt. Eadaoín Campbell was sent ...

The pocosins, or broad-leaved evergreen shrub bogs, constitute one of the most distinctive plant communities of the southeastern coastal plain. They occupy flat, poorly-drained areas where the soil is frequently water-logged for long periods of time, but where surface water seldom stands to a depth of more than a few inches, and then only for comparatively short periods. The water relations of ...

Abstract The immobilization effect of soil amendments on leaching and bioavailability Pb, Zn Cd in highly contaminated soils under industrial impact was studied by collecting the surroundings Zn-Pb Smelter “Miasteczko Śląskie” southern Poland as an example. Various amounts four additives (phosphate fertilizer, limestone powder, bentonite rock bog iron ore) were tested laboratory experiments to ...

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