The thirtieth:
Time to remember
Time to remember
Article published in October 2013:
Imagine a campfire burning dried branches of wood to warm a soup vessel. This scene, so common to our ancestors, describes the use of “biomass as a fuel”. In this case, the dried branches are the biomass, and burning them means utilize branches of wood as a fuel.
Now imagine a forest and their trees, animals, fungi, microorganisms and bacteria. This means, the total quantity of anything who bears life. This total quantity, which can be measured, is also called biomass. And it can be measured separately (animals only, plants only, etc.).
When you read articles in newspapers and magazines, you will identify by context in what sense this word is being used. A single word holds two concepts: related but different, however.
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