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Humic acid (HA) is a macromolecular organic substance which is widely used in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, chemical industry, building materials, medicine, environmental protection, and a ...

Hydrothermal systems form when seawater seeps deep into Earth’s crust through cracks and fractures. There, it reacts with mantle rocks and rises back up, carrying heat and minerals. At Kunlun, that ...

Grocery bags and other trash could be melted down to yield useful products like oil and gas. The problem: The world’s landfill sites and oceans are being flooded with plastic. A mere 9% of the 8.3 ...

Global plastic waste continues to rise, largely due to low recycling rates. Only 10-15 % of plastic waste is recycled each year, while the rest is incinerated, landfilled, or discarded. Traditional ...

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