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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 ...
A large mass of intrusive igneous rock. Named after Pluto, god of the underworld, whose name also means "wealth. "
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Warm-blooded animals in cold climates tend to be larger than animals of the same species living in warm climates.
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For a given species, the ideal range of suitable conditions without competition or predators. See Realized Niche.
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An ocean's moderating effect on nearby climate. It tends to soften temperature extremes. See Continental Effect.
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Reducible by bacteria as opposed to something that remains in the environment (plastic, certain inustrial wastes).
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The specialization of brain functions by hemisphere (language in the left lobe, pattern recognition in the right).
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Paul Taylor’s term for how humans exploit other living things domesticating animals, force-feeding livestock, etc.
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A reflecting membrane that reprocesses incoming photons. It makes the eyes of cats and other night animals shine.
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The evaporation of water off leaf surfaces. A natural event, but can cause plants to lose too much water in dry times.
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Metamorphism that changes a rock's shape without changing it chemically. Sometimes associated with mountain-building.
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