Sentence examples for soil exposed from inspiring English sources

The trees around the incinerator will grow eventually, but for now it sits in a scrubby valley of chalk soil, exposed, and still shinily new.

Here we report the response of the microbial community of an agricultural soil exposed over 90 days to TiO2-NPs (1 and 500 mg kg−1 dry soil).

We assayed the enzymatic response of a forest soil exposed to single metals and metal mixtures in a factorial design.

Fungal growth was higher in soil exposed to freeze-thawing perturbations and freezing temperatures of −6 °C and −12 °C, than under more constant conditions (steady 0 °C).

Succession on land that did not previously have plants, such as soil exposed as a glacier retreats or a new sand bar in a river is called primary succession.

After severe wildfires stripped the local landscape and left the soil exposed, subsequent storms drove so much sediment down the hillsides that the utility is now having to spend $30m to dredge the streams and reservoirs that supply its water.

As Curiosity was lowered to the surface of Mars, blasts from the descent-stage engines created indentations in the nearby soil, exposing the bedrock below.

The swirling black lines are thought to have been made by dust devils, winds that whipped up the top layer of reddish soil, exposing dark material underneath.

As plows tear into the ground, they loosen the upper 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) of soil, exposing the dirt to rain and wind.

With open space use, it won't be necessary to excavate massive amounts of contaminated soil, exposing the public to health and safety hazards.

At harvest, i.e. when the pods ripen, the plant is extracted from the soil, exposing the subterranean nuts.