pollen
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"We used a simple and very low-cost technique that quantifies the 'darkness' of fossil pollen and spores, a so-called Palynomorph Darkness Index."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The researchers completed 15,000 measurements of pollen and spores from plants that lived before, during, and after the extinction.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Air pollution, wildfire smoke, industrial disasters like the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck and extended pollen seasons are all reasons why people are increasingly concerned with making their indoor environments actually breathable.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
There’s a purpose to the stench: attracting flies and beetles to help carry pollen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Vortices of air spiraled out from her wing tips, sending golden hemlock pollen twisting in circles.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Some of the most common tree pollens that cause allergies include birch, cedar, cottonwood, maple, elm, oak and walnut, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
“We’ve now got three different dating techniques—radiocarbon dating of the seeds, radiocarbon dating of the pollens and luminescence dating of the quartz—that all show people were there.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
The sticky stuff captured mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant sloths and other iconic Ice Age mammals along with a near-perfect cross-section of the world they inhabited: birds, insects, plants, seeds, pollens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
"You can end up breathing in both pollens simultaneously, rather than having a bit of a break from one to the next," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2022
Plants from two pollens grow at different rates!
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
Vocabulary lists containing pollen
Life Science: Plants
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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