When the soil is less generous and water becomes scarce, 当土壤不再富饶 水源不再充足
At one with the soil. Just getting covered in dirt. 用土盖上...
they extract nutrients from the soil 以至于它们从土壤中吸收营养的速度
releasing nutrients that soak into the soil. 释放营养物质渗入土地
The nutrients in a generation of cicadas are returned to the soil, all at once 这些蝉给土壤提供了大量养分
Nutrients that reach the soil are leeched out by the rain 土壤中的养分会被雨水冲走
Grass clings to life even as desiccating winds remove what little moisture remains in the soil. 即使风把土壤中仅存的水分带走 草也能存活下来.
But every square metre of soil moistened by this river 这里的每一寸土壤都已被河水润湿
With little or no soil to retain the water on the surface of the land 由于几乎没有土壤保留地表水分
the water absorbed carbon dioxide from the soil 水从土壤中吸收了二氧化碳