The Conversation27 天
Playing in mud and dirt can boost your child’s immune system – here’s how
Mud is not just a mix of soil and water. It’s a complex ecosystem filled with microorganisms. One gram of soil can harbour up to 10 billion microorganisms – of potentially thousands of different ...
Medical Xpress26 天
Playing in mud and dirt can boost your child's immune system—here's how
Mud is not just a mix of soil and water. It's a complex ecosystem filled with microorganisms. One gram of soil can harbor up to 10 billion microorganisms—of potentially thousands of different ...
BBC3 年
Mud cylinders reveal humans' impact on Earth began earlier than we thought
Researchers hold a mud core drilled from the shores of the Amazon river in Brazil Scientists have been uncorking long, thin cylinders of soil from wetlands and riverbeds in an attempt to look back ...
What makes baseball’s “magic mud” so special?
It has just the right mix of spreadability, stickiness, and friction to give pitchers a better grip on the ball.
BBC5 年
Wetland mud is 'secret weapon' against climate change
Sea level is directly linked to the amount of carbon these wetlands store in their soil, the team reports in the journal Nature. Researchers studied the carbon locked away in cores of wetland mud ...
4 dead, several injured after mound of soil collapses in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj
In a tragic incident in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj, a mound of soil collapsed, resulting in the death of four women and injuries ...
Three women, child die in mud mound collapse in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh
The deceased were identified as Ram Beti, 29, Prema Devi, 36, Saraswati, 27, and Pinky, 10, all of them natives of Rampur ...
4 dead, 5 injured after soil mound collapses in Kasganj
A devastating incident in Kasganj, where a soil mound collapsed on individuals collecting mud, resulted in four fatalities and five serious injuries. The event occurred near a bridge construction site ...