#but then em's heart is colored red by john's blood alone making it distinguishable

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oh it’d be nice, to walk into his brother’s house and deliver himself into open arms; to watch the humans stumble, side-by-side, and think on newborn foals as they learn to stand. but cain had to kill abel to properly provide the lesson, and if all anyone chooses to remember is the sorrow of the sheep as they looked to where their tender lay, then manny will be the one to remind them of the weight of the rock as it struck.

freudian angels, feat. constantine. / @debtsunpaid @talentforlying

#talentforlying #debtsunpaid #blood tw /// #i am SO NORMAL about ALL OF THIS. so entirely normal. #i WAS gonna redo my whole verse page but i just got so caught up thinking abt whatever the fuck em & manny got going on and here we are #.freudian angels tag tba #i have sadly poured all of my creative juices into making the graphics s o i have no more of them to make up a good tag #also note that most of the writing on this post is oxly's and this is a oxly writing appreciation post #and also it is a group promo for ?? me and oxly and oxly again ????? idk what this is i just really wanted to make this #now if you'll excuse me i will see myself out <3 #i keep looking at it bcs i spent so long on it just adding so many elements that absolutely didnt have to be there #such as the subtle bit of manny & em being spades & hearts respectively #but manny's spade is not easily readable as a spade bcs of the clay ash thing #but then em's heart is colored red by john's blood alone making it distinguishable #MANY FEELINGS MANY FEELINGS MANY FEELINGS #▻ 𝐺𝐸𝑁𝐸𝑅𝐴𝐿 、graphics ⁽ ᶦᵐ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵐᵉˢˢᶦⁿᵍ ᵃʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ ʳᵉᵃˡˡʸ ⁾

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Study Finds Organic Soil Captures, Holds More Carbon

by Allie Nicodemo 

Originally posted on News@Northeastern

Over the past nine years, Northeastern scientists Geoffrey Davies and Elham Ghabbour have been getting their hands dirty, analyzing soil samples from nearly every state in the country. All that sifting, sorting, labeling, and testing has culminated in new research showing that soil from organic farms is better at sequestering carbon than soil from conventional farms.

Elham Ghabbour, Principal Research Scientist Department Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Geoffrey Davies, Matthews Distinguished University Professor, work in Hurtig Hall at Northeastern University on Sept. 27, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Ghabbour, a soil expert, said the reason organic soil can hold more carbon is because it has higher concentrations of humic acids. These are substances in the soil that give it the brown color we see in our backyards, as opposed to the sandy-blonde or ashy-red varieties. Humic acids bind to soil, making it more fertile, allowing it to retain water, and assisting plants in absorbing nutrients. It also captures carbon—a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change—from the air and stores it long term.

Dr. Ghabbour pours humid acid gel from soil. Photo by Matthew Modoono/NEU

In collaboration with the Organic Center, a nonprofit research and education organization, and working with citizen scientists across the nation, Ghabbour and Davies collected and analyzed 659 organic soil samples from 39 states and 728 conventional soil samples from all 48 contiguous states. They found that organic soil samples have 44 percent higher levels of humic acids than conventional soil samples.

The findings, published Sunday in Advances in Agronomy, have implications for the climate and overall health of the planet, they said. “It’s also consistent with the mantra of Northeastern—to promote sustainability and security,” said Davies, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry. “Food has to be safe, and you have to preserve the means to grow food.”

This is the first study of its kind, Ghabbour said. She and Davies developed a novel method to extract humic acids from soil samples—a process that takes nine days to complete. They described the method in the paper with the hope that other labs around the world will replicate their findings.

Ghabbour has been studying humic acid since 1982. She joined Northeastern in 1993, when she and Davies built the Humic Acid Research Group. “She’s the leading expert on the subject,” Davies said. One of the group’s early discoveries was finding humic acid molecules in a live plant. Up to that point, scientists had thought it came only from decomposing plants.

Dr. Ghabbour shows mineral residue from the combustion of soil. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Humic acid is still shrouded in mystery, even today. “We hope to be able to find a chemical structure from the spectrum of humic acids,” Ghabbour said. “We’ve only suggested model structures at this point.

“Nobody knows the structure of it,” Ghabbour continued. “Humic acids also capture carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas in the form of organic substances that contributes to climate change.”

Dr. Ghabbour shows mineral residue from the combustion of soil at Northeastern University. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Researchers also don’t know why organic soil has higher concentrations of humic acid than conventional soil. But they have a theory.

“One of the reasons could be that feeding soils with fertilizers kills this material,” Davies said. Humic acids act as natural fertilizers, selectively binding to toxins and releasing nutrients in the soil. The synthetic alternative to humic acids is man-made “plant food” like Miracle-Gro and other fertilizers. But while these products can be effective, “It’s not building soil. It’s giving plants quick food” Ghabbour said. “The humic acids in soil are healthier for the soil long term.”

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