Sentences with phrase «decaying leaves»

In addition, naturally occurring bacteria found in decayed leaf litter can serve as ice nuclei at temperatures of less than about − 4 °C (24.8 °F).

Large mounds of decaying leaf litter and soil found on the forest floor may be the handiwork of the orange - footed scrub fowl.

«Mold spore counts increase in the fall because mold grows on decaying leaves,» explains Dr. Ramesh. It's best to rake the piles from your yard as far from your house as you can, bag them up, and get rid of them, stat.

I heard a rustle of slowly decaying leaves from the apple tree in the middle of our garden at dusk and I swear it was fraught with emotive... like, vibrational THINGS.

«Damp soil and decaying leaves attract mold, which can cause coughing and breathing difficulties,» Ehrlich says.

Basically I think Urban Decay left some on the table with this one.

But if your yard borders a wooded area or you have lush gardens and shrubs and shady areas with decaying leaves, your dog is at risk if he roams your yard.

Rake up decaying leaves, keep your garden area and shrubs well - groomed.

Washington State University researchers have found a way to make jet fuel from a common black fungus found in decaying leaves, soil and rotting fruit.

They may have a sweet smell, but it is like that of decaying leaves, for, with friendship, the odor of autumn comes.

The apparent lushness existed only because the vegetation was so good at sucking up every speck of nutrient released from decaying leaves.

In addition to the millipede's colorful exoskeleton, it also serves an important role in the ecosystem as a decomposer by breaking down decaying leaves, wood, and other vegetation to unlock and recycle their nutrients for future generations of forest life.

Like many other toads of the family Bufonidae the new species Rhinella yunga has a cryptic body coloration resembling the decaying leaves in the forest floor («dead - leaf pattern»), which is in combination with expanded cranial crests and bony protrusions cleverly securing perfect camouflage.

H. albidus has been growing on the decaying leaves of Europe's ash trees for centuries, so was unlikely to be the culprit.

RICHLAND, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have found a way to make jet fuel from a common black fungus found in decaying leaves, soil and rotting fruit.

Methanosarcina species live in oil wells, sewage lagoons, trash dumps, decaying leaves, stream sediments, and the stomach of cows, among other places.

Since his discovery of nanobes in Italian hot spring deposits, Folk says he has found nanobes in such things as bird bath scum, decayed leaves in streams, brownish water from old flower bouquets, air filters, tap and well water, hair, feces, blood, gallstones, chicken egg shells, clam shells, and teeth.

Learn about bacteria that live in decaying leaves, diseases, moldy fruit, yeast in breads, bacteria in yogurt, salmonella in uncooked food and more.

They need to think about slips and trips inside from items of clothing and wet floors, and slips on ice and snow, falling and decaying leaves, and of course, rainfall.

He had cleaned the decaying leaves and the puddle of murky water out of the birdbath in the side yard and filled it with fresh water.

Eyes wide, frantic now, Laurent Lepage scanned the forest floor and swept his hands through the dead and decaying leaves.

When walking your dog, avoid woods, tall grasses, overgrown shrubs and decaying leaves on the ground.

Pond sludge can contain nutrients from fish droppings, excess fish food and decaying leaves.

In the fall, it is very important to protect fish from their changing surroundings, including falling debris and decaying leaves.

Decaying leaves and twigs in the water under mangroves provide a rich source of nutrients for other nearby marine ecosystems such as seagrasses and coral reefs.

Scrawled depictions of skeletons, insects, and decaying leaves are a few of the subjects here, all made manifest in an elaborate production that involves an infinite amount of permutations.

But with Danges's work, the surface reflects the immediate surroundings — including the viewer's reflection — disrupted by a falling or decaying leaf, or a change of viewpoint.

This maximum - minimum pattern, repeated seasonally, reveals how trees withdraw carbon dioxide from the air in summer to grow and then release it through dead, decaying leaves and wood in the winter.

Imagine the little stream of water running into a massive boulder, a fallen tree or decaying leaves and bushes.