vegetation

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By analyzing metabolic signals tied to health and diet, the scientists were able to reconstruct details about ancient climates and landscapes, including temperature, soil conditions, rainfall, and vegetation.

From Science Daily

The department also advises deer-proofing property to avoid attracting a mountain lion’s main food source, removing dense vegetation to reduce hiding spaces, installing outdoor lighting and securing animal enclosures.

From Los Angeles Times

The project has been implementing several methods in three southern areas, including digging water canals and supplying electricity to pump water from the Euphrates river, preparing barren lands for vegetation.

From Barron's

Many British railways are built on clay soil that shrinks in the summer as vegetation sucks out water, and expands in the winter.

From BBC

But the province's hills still bear the scars of bygone mining practices, with bare patches of red soil visible where vegetation has struggled to regrow.

From Barron's