disturbance

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"Sea mines and other explosive devices can cause acoustic disturbance impacting sea mammals and other animals, and blast damage to natural undersea structures such as reefs," Weir said.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

This disturbance relaxes the usual Raman selection rules and produces distinctive low-frequency Raman scattering.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

The species, which is native to Peru and Chile, is listed as vulnerable in the wild due to threats like climate change, overfishing and habitat disturbance.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

It was in November that a disturbance first knocked cold air southward and “sent weather patterns into a tailspin this season,” meteorologist Ben Noll wrote to me in an email.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

In this case the official cause of death, he wrote, was anoxia—a deprivation of oxygen to the brain—as well as an acute disturbance to the composition of the blood.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson