Humic Substances, or humus, may be the key....
Originally Posted By: Amaranth Rose II
It's as if they were born again.

http://faculty.yc.edu/ycfaculty/ags105/week08/soil_colloids/soil_colloids_print.html
(d) Fulvic Acid

After you’ve seen a picture of the organic molecules that comprise humus,
then you can see why, when dried out, humus turns into dust.

Of course in the soil, hydrated humus is bound with various ions,
salts, metals, and minerals; which are the components of ash.

The phrase, ‘Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust,’ seems to accurately reflect the “Conservation of Matter” principle.
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From humus we have come, and to humus we shall return.
~ wink


Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.