Examples of weathering in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But in 2013, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) found that erosion and weathering were taking a toll on the parts of the site archaeologists had excavated so far. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2022 There are other technologies, such as enhanced rock weathering (ERW) which are at even earlier stage. — Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 Jones and her team studied chemical weathering in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the few ice-free areas of Antarctica. — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022 Despite 3,400 years of weathering, the sphinxes still bear the carved limestone face of the pharaoh, who is adorned with a royal headdress and beard. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2022 These soils are the product of thousands of years of weathering. — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2022 For example, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona offers Ranger Programs that teach the public about ongoing changes to the canyon from weathering and erosion. — Jill Zarestky, The Conversation, 9 Nov. 2021 By not being exposed to sunlight, or energetic particles from the solar wind, PSRs will have a different electrical nature and will have been affected by different ‘space weathering’ processes, says Hibbitts. — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021 Over the years, natural erosion and weathering wore pits and grooves in the relatively soft stone surface; this happens with all marble monuments. — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 See More

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