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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alter soil" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or modifications made to soil, often in the context of agriculture, gardening, or environmental science.
Example: "To improve crop yield, farmers often alter soil composition by adding organic matter and nutrients."
Alternatives: "modify soil" or "change soil".
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However, the extent to which intensive forest management serves to alter soil arthropod communities remains elusive.
Such processes can alter soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools and cycling.
Plantations vary in structure and composition, and these variations may alter soil fauna communities.
Both species significantly alter soil conditions, although the effect on selected parameters is variable.
High temperature processes may alter soil properties, creating potential risks of subsidence, erosion and other hazards.
Harvesting traffic may alter soil properties and reduce forest productivity if soil disturbances are not mitigated.
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Besides negatively altering soil chemistry, acid deposition has been shown to affect some tree species directly.
Carney, K. M., Hungate, B. A., Drake, B. G. & Megonigal, J. P. Altered soil microbial community at elevated CO2 leads to loss of soil carbon.
Soil texture combined with rainfall dynamics altered soil moisture dynamics, and consequently regulated soil N responses to precipitation changes.
Vertebrate decomposition significantly altered soil N cycling, and was divided into three main biogeochemical phases based on soil chemistry.
Results indicate that pavements altered soil pH from moderately acidic (pH = 5.75) to more neutral levels (pH = 6.3).
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