Such an increase could be enough to turn concrete-hard ground into muck and begin to release billions of metric tons of carbon dioxide and methane--an even more potent greenhouse gas--that had been locked up in the soil for millennia.
They gathered at night and, between sips of homemade wine, adorned the gray muck of drying concrete with -- things.
Actual times to perform three operations, drill and blast, muck removal and concrete lining emplacement were much larger than expected and represent the largest portion of the total excavation cycle time and had the largest impact on the efficiency of the excavation cycles and schedules.
The exhibition, based on a book of the same name, re-creates the experience of being in the river with trash, plants, exposed concrete, birds' nests and green muck integrated along the gallery floor, ceiling and corners with a piped-in soundscape of running water, traffic and birds.
The excavated material (muck) could be used as aggregate in concrete, filling and paving material in road construction, and as a soil replacement for covering or foresting stony/rocky areas, etc.
He did a series of jobs as a factory skivvy, mucking in to make stuff such as rubber, concrete, sausages and Ready Brek.
In Onagawa, a town of 9,000 where steep, narrow valleys flow directly toward the sea, the damage still looks biblical: Three concrete buildings were ripped from their foundations and lie sideways in the muck.
The $800 Verro3000, shown here, is designed for concrete pools and blasts water against pool surfaces to wash off algae and muck.
Made of concrete, it is four feet in diameter and two feet deep, with two inches of muck.
While some stretches of tunnel south of 96th Street have been poured over with concrete, according to the authority, the area where the worker lost his footing remains muck-filled.
