decomposition

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Researchers explored a network of some 20 microbes responsible for cadaver decomposition across different climates and seasons.

From Science Daily

How can we ensure that products of decomposition don't escape into sensitive habitats, or that carbon doesn't just make its way back up the water column to be released at the surface anyway?

From Science Daily

When the sperm fertilizes this gamete, it introduces the protein cyclin, which then activates the decomposition of the inhibitory protein.

From Science Daily

“You can see the outline of what’s buried. We’ve noticed that nettles seem to do better where there’s decomposition, compared with where there isn’t.”

From National Geographic

“The cooler will slow that decomposition process down. But the longer they’re deceased, they will just continue to have that natural decomposition process. The body will break down to basic elements.”

From Seattle Times