turbid

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"When the cichlids were young, they had this huge plasticity and were able to alter their physiology in order to cope with the turbid environmental conditions," Tiarks said.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

Standing on a bluff overlooking Iron Gate Dam, Hillman watched the turbid, chocolate-colored water flowing from a tunnel and passing downriver.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Ukrainian troops evacuated its staff before a 4-meter wave of turbid, polluted water flooded the station and its breeding ponds.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

Within them, turbid pockets of gas were forced ever inward, kindling the fires that would end the cosmic dark ages.

From National Geographic • Sep. 14, 2023

Serafina Pekkala, the clan queen of the witches of Lake Enara, wept as she flew through the turbid skies of the Arctic.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman