Sentences with phrase «underlying soil»

by Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley An oft - neglected layer of weathered rock underlying the soil on hillslopes could be a... [Read More...] about Hidden «rock moisture» may be key to tree survival during drought

Strontium exists in the rocks underlying soil and is taken up by plants and grass growing on the soil.

It is now the domain of a red - haired University of Arizona geologist named Steve DeLong, who is working on a huge new mesocosm: three towering, sloping steel tables nearly 100 feet long and 60 wide, upon which will be constructed artificial landscapes with underlying soil and plants.

But there's a tragic irony to clearing rainforests for agriculture: their underlying soils are extremely poor.

These tiny bugs hitch a ride from the underlying soil into a decaying body on other insects.

Over the lifespan of a gas station, Hilpert says, concrete pads underneath the pumps can accumulate significant amounts of gasoline, which can eventually penetrate the concrete and escape into underlying soil and groundwater, potentially impacting the health of those who use wells as a water source.

Deciduous trees have very different ecological and physical characteristics than conifers, so this switch could impact how they cycle nutrients and store toxic metals in their underlying soil.

They found that canopy chemical traits are organized in a large mosaic controlled by changes in the underlying soils and by elevation.

In fall, leaf mercury is then transferred to the underlying soil system by leaf senescence.

The ocean, with around 38,000 gigatons (Gt) of carbon (1 gigaton = 1 billion tons), contains 16 times as much carbon as the terrestrial biosphere, that is all plant and the underlying soils on our planet, and around 60 times as much as the pre-industrial atmosphere, i.e., at a time before people began to drastically alter the atmospheric CO2 content by the increased burning of coal, oil and gas.

This leaves the underlaying soil exposed to the wind.

Rain gardens are vegetated or landscaped depressions designed with an engineered soil layer that promotes infiltration of stormwater runoff into the underlying soil.

Your house may be subjected to wind - driven rain and road splash, and may sit in an area where the underlying soil (your parking spot) may get wet.