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Terrapsychology is a word coined by Craig Chalquist to describe deep, systematic, trans-empirical approaches to encountering the presence, soul, or "voice" of places and things: what the ancients knew as their resident genius loci or indwelling spirit. This perspective emerged from sustained ...
Diseases transmissible from animals to humans. Ebola, tuberculosis, and rabies are examples.
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A reversible physical change in an adapting organism in response to environmental pressures.
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Water contaminated by salt, but with a salinity lower than 35 parts per thousand. See Brine.
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A group of atoms bonded together. Chemistry is the scientific study of molecular reactions.
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A poison that disrupts nerve function. Some venoms are neurotoxins that paralyze the prey.
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A classification category for a group of organisms (Cetaceans, Mammalia, Protista, etc. ).
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A zygote (fertilized egg) whose cells have divided prior to its developing into a foetus.
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The daytime movement of air from water to land down a pressure gradient. See Land Breeze.
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Natural plane of breakage along which consecutive breaks produce smooth, parallel splits.
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Plants with either male or female flowers, but not both (spinach, holly, date palm, etc. ).
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