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Recent Examples of guanoHe was jolted out of his reverie by a whiff of guano in the breeze.—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 If excluding the bats is a DIY job, clean up the roosting area afterwards so that guano doesn’t attract other pests such as cockroaches and flies.—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025 All that airborne guano is nature’s marine fertilizer, and scientists have been vastly underestimating how much seabird poop is actually fertilizing our oceans and coastlines.—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025 Bat guano is made from the droppings of bats that are collected from caves.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for guano
The primary sources of nitrates in groundwater are from livestock manure and other nitrogen-rich fertilizers placed on crops by farmers and ranchers, experts said.
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Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Biochar is usually made from wood, but it can also be created by burning plant debris, livestock bedding, manure, and other natural items.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Apr. 2026
Release of dung increases soil organic carbon and helps build soil structure that improves water filtration and soil aeration.
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Paige Stein,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
They can be sampled using standardized trapping methods worldwide, since they are easily attracted to dung and carrion, which allows for comparable data across different regions.
Investigators ended a search for Kristin Smart’s body at the home of her killer’s mother on Saturday without recovering a body, a day after Sheriff Ian Parkinson said soil testing detected the presence of human remains.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Native to Texas and adjacent areas of Mexico, plants rarely require supplemental irrigation and thrive in poor soils including sand, clay, and rocky sites.
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Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior.