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Effects of climate change on biomes (Biomes 🌍)

Climate change is already now altering biomes, adversely affecting terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Climate change represents long-term changes in temperature and average weather patterns. This leads to a substantial increase in both the […]
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Kleptopredation (Parasitology 🧬)

Kleptopredation is a form of feeding in which a predator eats prey after the prey has hunted, consuming both the prey and its recent meal. It is a specific type of kleptoparasitism. The term was first used in an article published in the journal Biology Letters […]
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January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Sessility (motility) (Zoology 🦥)

Sessility, a property of certain animals, is a lack of self-locomotion. Sessile animals do not have natural motility, and are immobile unless there are external forces. Usually, sessile animals are permanently attached to a solid object, such as a rock, a dead […]
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January 20, 2026 at 7:25 AM
List of hyperaccumulators (Botany 🌱)

This article covers known hyperaccumulators, accumulators or species tolerant to the following: Aluminium, Silver, Arsenic, Beryllium, Chromium, Copper, Manganese, Mercury, Molybdenum, Naphthalene, Lead, Selenium and Zinc. See also: Hyperaccumulators table – […]
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January 19, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Iron–nickel alloy (Petrology 💎)

An iron–nickel alloy or nickel–iron alloy, abbreviated FeNi or NiFe, is a group of alloys consisting primarily of the elements nickel and iron. It is the main constituent of the "iron" planetary cores and iron meteorites. In chemistry, the acronym NiFe refers to […]
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January 19, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Laterite (Pedology 🟤)

Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminum that often forms in hot, wet areas; most such soil is found in the tropics. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration due to high iron oxide content. Laterite soils develop by intensive and prolonged weathering of […]
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January 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Anthropogenic biome (Biomes 🌍)

Anthropogenic biomes, also known as anthromes, human biomes or intensive land-use biomes, describe the terrestrial biosphere in its contemporary, human-altered form using global ecosystem units defined by global patterns of sustained direct human interaction with […]
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January 18, 2026 at 7:17 AM
British Society for Parasitology (Parasitology 🧬)

The British Society for Parasitology is a UK-based organisation of British parasitologists. It was founded in April 1962 from the Parasitological Section of the Institute of Biology. The initial goals of the society were to hold two meetings […]
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January 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Ranker (soil) (Pedology 🟤)

Ranker is soil developed over non-calcareous material, usually rock. It is regarded in some soil classifications as lithomorphic, a group which also includes rendzina, similar soil over calcareous material. It is often called A/C soil, as the topsoil, or A horizon, is […]
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January 17, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Hwangto (Pedology 🟤)

Hwangto, a Korean loess soil, is a yellow-coloured soil, which contains high levels of potassium chloride and calcium. Hwangto is sometimes called a 'living soil' for its medical effects. Korean loess called “Hwangto”or “the red yellow soil or earth” has been a basic […]
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January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Messinian erosional crisis (Paleogeography 🦕)

The Messinian Erosional Crisis is a phase in the Messinian evolution of the central Mediterranean basin resulting from major drawdown of the Mediterranean seawater. As outlined in numerous studies, erosional events along the margins of the […]
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January 16, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A […]
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January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Lens (geology) (Petrology 💎)

In geology, a lens or lentil is a body of ore or rock that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges, resembling a convex lens in cross-section. To thin out in all directions is to "lens out", also known as "lensing". The adjectives "lenticular" and "lentiform" […]
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January 15, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Dip-slip fault (Geology ⛰️)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic forces, with the largest […]
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January 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Wildlife corridor (Habitat 🌄)

A wildlife corridor, also known as a habitat corridor, or green corridor, is a designated area that connects wildlife populations that have been separated by human activities or structures, such as development, roads, or land clearings. These corridors enable […]
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January 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Montane ecosystem (Ecosystems 🏞️)

Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial factor in shaping […]
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January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Catagenesis (biology) (Evolutionary biology 🧬)

Catagenesis is a somewhat archaic term from evolutionary biology referring to evolutionary directions that were considered "retrogressive." It was a term used in contrast to anagenesis, which in present usage denotes the evolution of a single […]
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January 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Abtew Method (Remote sensing 🛰️)

The Abtew Method is a remote sensing method for measuring evapotranspiration created by Wossenu Abtew in 1996. It is sometimes referred to as the radiative Abtew model.

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January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Leaverite (Geology terminology ⛰️)

Leaverite is a slang term used by geologists, mineralogists, archaeologists, and amateur rock collectors to identify a specimen in the field that may look interesting or valuable but not worth removing. Rocks identified as such are generally left where they […]
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January 12, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Palaeogeography (Paleogeography 🦕)

Palaeogeography is the study of historical geography, generally physical landscapes. Palaeogeography can also include the study of human or cultural environments. When the focus is specifically on landforms, the term paleogeomorphology is sometimes used […]
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January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Messinian salinity crisis (Paleogeography 🦕)

The Messinian salinity crisis was an event in which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation throughout the latter part of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma. It ended with the […]
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January 11, 2026 at 7:23 AM
K-U ratio (Volcanology 🌋)

The K/U Ratio is the ratio of a slightly volatile element, potassium, to a highly refractory element, uranium. It is a useful way to measure the presence of volatile elements on planetary surfaces. The K/U ratio helps explain the evolution of the planetary system and […]
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January 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Natural environment (Earth 🌍)

The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to Earth or some parts of Earth. This environment encompasses the interaction of all living […]
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January 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Flora (Organisms 🐞)

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora […]
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January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Superstorm (Storm 🌪️)

A perfect storm is a meteorological event aggravated by a rare combination of circumstances. The term is used by analogy to an unusually severe storm that results from a rare combination of meteorological phenomena. Before the early 1990s, the phrases "storm of the […]
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January 9, 2026 at 7:16 AM