Definition of biomass
1 : the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat)
2 : plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel
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Wood products naturally store carbon Healthy, growing trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, store carbon in tree biomass and release oxygen back into the air.
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The tissue is then grown in vitro for a year, and afterwards grown in a soilless mineral solution to gain more biomass.
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Ice, ice baby Closer to home, the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), scheduled to launch in 2019, will use laser technology to create 3D maps of Earth's forests and calculate their biomass, Ramos-Izquierdo said.
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Ice, ice baby Closer to home, the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), scheduled to launch in 2019, will use laser technology to create 3D maps of Earth's forests and calculate their biomass, Ramos-Izquierdo said.
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The bones, which make up half the biomass, are the last to decay, taking 7 years.
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The daily vertical migration of plankton from the ocean depths to the surface to feed may be the largest of its kind—at least in terms of biomass.
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Carbon offsets typically fund projects that reduce carbon emissions, such as wind farms, biomass energy and hydroelectric dams.
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Once strictly reserved for the taps of New York City and neighboring states, the cold flow gives life to a biomass of insects and trout that has turned the region into one of the premier fly-fishing locales in the country.
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First Known Use of biomass
1931
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playMedical Definition of biomass
: the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat)
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