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ecology

[ih-kol-uh-jee, ee-kol-] / ɪˈkɒl ə dʒi, iˈkɒl- /
NOUN
environmental science
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STRONGEST


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She was really about being in communion with the environment, so ecology was very present in her work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

If future winters are mild, wet and wind may have long-term impacts, not just on land, but also in our marine environment and coastal ecology and health.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"You're left with at least two different sized meat eaters in the same environment, which has some big implications for ecology and the extinction of dinosaurs," Poust said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

That’s what led to an epic superbloom in 2017, Joan Dudney, an assistant professor of forest ecology at UC Santa Barbara, told The Times in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

They thereby completely changed the ecology of large parts of Australia within a few short millennia.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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