decomposing
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"For wood-associated decomposing fungi, such environmental disruption may have created new ecological opportunities."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
The soggy ground, along with acidification, prevents the underground matter from decomposing completely as it is slowly pickled into peat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The remains may also begin defrosting and decomposing once they reach lower altitudes.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Photos and a video Aiello provided show bladed wire snaking around the decomposing animal’s neck and curved horns, as well as the front legs, in a desert landscape dotted with boulders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
That the train would sit there slowly decomposing for all eternity and that no train would ever run again.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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