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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 ...
The rise of air masses bumping into a mountain range. Often results in rain on the windward side and a dry rain shadow on the lee side.
Industry:Biology
The commonly accepted evolutionary hypothesis that all humans emigrated from Africa, a continent that hosted several hominid species.
Industry:Biology
A rock congealed from molten material beneath (intrusive) or at (extrusive) the Earth's surface. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
Industry:Biology
The interconnection of all food chains in an ecosystem. Food web diagrams emphasize the circular complexity of feeding relationships.
Industry:Biology
A plant trained to grow vertically, usually up a fence or trellis. Conserves space, heat for frost-prone areas; enhances productivity.
Industry:Biology
An anaerobic bacterium with two strains that live in the intestines and others that cause infections to wounds and the urinary tract.
Industry:Biology
A triangular shingle of particles at points located between joined ridge deposits along a coastline. Similar to sand spits, but wider.
Industry:Biology
When birth rate (plus immigration) equals the death rate (plus emigration), resulting in an ecologically stable number of organisms.
Industry:Biology
A spiral-shaped planting bed for herbs. It offers a more compact growing space and protects the plants inside it from weeds and wind.
Industry:Biology
Microscopic cylindrical roundworms living in water and soil. Can be parasitic (as with the trichina and the hookworm) or free-living.
Industry:Biology
