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ecology

[ih-kol-uh-jee, ee-kol-] / ɪˈkɒl ə dʒi, iˈkɒl- /
NOUN
environmental science
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"So I think everyone's view of China's overall technological ecology is changing."

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The book contains a bibliography indicating his wide reading in ecology, history and other fields.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Peter Hosner says the study does not answer every question about the dodo, but it gives researchers a stronger framework for understanding the bird's behavior and ecology.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

“I think we’re likely to break global temperature records with this next El Niño,” said Malin Pinsky, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

“Look! Only ninety miles from Haiti, and look! Trees! Crops! It’s all so verdant. At the height of the dry season! The same ecology as Haiti’s, and look!”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

"I recorded from beneath the bark and composed music led by the rainforests themselves, empowering them to have their own voice in raising awareness of fragile ecologies," she said.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2024

So I think in saying, “If only we could ask what it needs,” I have to be asking, “How can we pay attention to these ecologies that in many ways we still barely understand?”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2023

In popular culture, Jason Momoa's Aquaman and Tenoch Huerta's Namor remind us that the oceans are Black, Brown and Indigenous ecologies, and that oceans are salient geographies in the fight for racial and ecological justice.

From Salon Jan. 2, 2023

Her public projects reflect a broader movement of city dwellers interested in reclaiming underused outdoor sites and forging more intimate connections with local ecologies.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2022

Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele




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