topsoil
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In 1982, Agnes Denes planted 2 acres of wheat seed into a thin layer of topsoil she’d spread over lower Manhattan’s Battery Park landfill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
One method -- termed "moving mountains" -- was described in 2015 by China's top industry and technology regulator as "first cutting down trees, then clearing weeds and finally stripping away the topsoil, causing irreparable damage".
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
The dung beetle, which disperses seeds as it rolls its dung balls, fertilizing topsoil and enhancing biodiversity and engineering its environment, normally orients itself using the Milky Way and the moon.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025
It was eventually supposed to be covered in topsoil and turfed over, and made level with the surrounding fields.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025
On the other side of the Mekong River, I see orange and gold pointed temple roofs and towers erected on muddy red topsoil.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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