Thesaurus / barren
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Temperatures across the barren, windy highlands routinely dip below –30° Celsius, and the grass that typically sustains the rabbitlike mammals becomes dry and brittle.
PIKAS SURVIVE WINTER USING A SLOWER METABOLISM AND, AT TIMES, YAK POOPJONATHAN LAMBERTJULY 19, 2021SCIENCE NEWSWith the help of nonprofit groups, the community planted hundreds of trees, turning some of the barren hillsides green.
MIXING TREES AND CROPS CAN HELP BOTH FARMERS AND THE CLIMATEJONATHAN LAMBERTJULY 14, 2021SCIENCE NEWSFor example, if you select a grey leaning toward a blue hue you might get prospective buyers to question the brightness of a space as blue tones are often found to be “cold” or barren.
TIPS TO PROPERLY PREP YOUR HOME TO SELL FOR THE MOSTJUSTIN NOBLEJUNE 24, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEIt was once thought the solar system was probably a barren wasteland apart from Earth.
THE BEST PLACES TO FIND EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, RANKEDNEEL V. PATELJUNE 16, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIn the present, out there in Australia’s dinosaur country, you might find yourself staring across a barren plain imagining what other secrets this world of long-lost giants will reveal.
LIZARD OF OZ: AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST DINOSAUR DISCOVEREDSCOTT HOCKNULL AND ROCHELLE LAWRENCE, THE CONVERSATIONJUNE 7, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIf the barren landscape of the last year of film didn’t provide you with enough big-budget explosions and car chases, then the ninth film in the long-running Fast and Furious franchise should satisfy that need for speed.
THE MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF SUMMER 2021PETER ALLEN CLARKMAY 12, 2021TIMEWhile luxuriating in the simulated pine barren, the visitor might ponder how to preserve real ones.
IN THE GALLERIES: A HEIGHTENED HOMAGE TO TREES AND WHAT THEY CAN TEACH USMARK JENKINSMAY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThose massive underwater forests have been reduced to thin thickets popping out of an otherwise largely barren seafloor.
URCHIN TAKEOVER UNDERLIES CALIFORNIA’S VANISHING KELP FORESTSANUSHREE DAVEMAY 7, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSIt’s got a large and diverse ensemble cast, spread out over the world’s fictional topography — from barren battlefields to opulent cities modeled after places like Amsterdam, Vladivostok, and Moscow.
NETFLIX’S SHADOW AND BONE IS A MUDDLED, JOYLESS CHECKLIST OF FANTASY TROPESCONSTANCE GRADYAPRIL 23, 2021VOXBunshaft’s original design was a barren plaza, rich in geometry but poor in foliage and shade.
HOW A ROCK WALL AND POOL OF WATER HAVE THROWN A WRENCH INTO THE REDESIGN OF HIRSHHORN SCULPTURE GARDENPHILIP KENNICOTTAPRIL 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO BARREN
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