topsoil

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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

In some cases, several feet of topsoil made potentially toxic by the fires must be scraped up and trucked away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 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