buffer function
The soil’s buffering function describes its ability to neutralise acids in order to keep the pH constant.
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bioturbation
The term describes the rummaging and mixing (turbation) of soil or sediments by living beings.
biogenic
The adjective “biogenic” means “created by (the activity of) living beings, formed from dead beings”.
biofuel
Biomass-based fuels (e.g., from grain, corn, sugar cane), which can be used for engines and are sometimes mixed with fossil fuels in Austria.
bog/ moor/ peatlands
Bogs are wet habitats overgrown with low vegetation. They consist of 95 percent water and are therefore large water reservoirs. Bogs are habitats in which more organic matter forms than is decomposed. In addition, peatlands are important carbon reservoirs. Almost half of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is bound in bogs.
buffer capacity
The buffering capacity describes the amount of acid that can be absorbed by the soil’s buffering function without causing a significant change in pH.