Sentences with phrase «soil fertility cause»

Erosion and the loss of soil fertility cause further complications, and as yields decline, more and more petrochemical fertilizers are applied to the soil, finding their way into already polluted water supplies.

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In the Aleutian archipelago, predation of seabirds by introduced Arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) has lowered nutrient input and soil fertility, ultimately causing vegetation to transform from grasslands to dwarf shrub / forb - dominated systems (12).

(Both cause plant cover to decrease which causes soil moisture decreases often making storms less frequent, less regular, less predictable and more intense, further decreasing plant cover, reducing or killing crops, eroding soil (leading to decreased fertility, water pollution, etc.) and spiraling down into desertification and the creation of wasteland from what had been a fertile, verdant landscape.

The roots of selfhood had withered and something of a different order was required, not just the fertility of the receptive soil, to cause new roots to spring (Winnicott, 1970).

Bitter Cucumbers A bitter taste in cucumbers may be caused by extreme dry or hot temperatures, overwatered soils or poor fertility.