barrens
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"A classic example of multiple stressors causing a regime shift is the transition from kelp forests to urchin barrens in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of North America," Meunier said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
Bees are routinely trucked into the region to pollinate the blueberry barrens each spring.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
But the rapid transformation of semirural areas into barrens of concrete tilt-up “logistic parks” is encountering a backlash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
The mass die-out allowed the sea urchin population to explode, and in 2021, satellite imagery showed that 95 percent of California’s kelp forests had been destroyed and replaced by carpets of sickly sea urchin barrens.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The loons, geese, ducks, and shorebirds had heard the message from the environment and had left the barrens of Alaska and Canada.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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