pollen
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When these results were combined with records of fossil pollen and spores, they pointed to a sharp increase in wildfire activity during the main phase of the extinction.
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
Colonies depend on workers bringing back a steady supply of nectar and pollen through the summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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
That morning, when I offered pollen, I prayed for his family and those who loved him.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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So there's no evidence that spreading local honey on your toast will help hay fever caused by grass and tree pollens.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
“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
Climate scientists at the University of Michigan looked at 15 different plant pollens in the United States and used computer simulations to calculate how much worse allergy season will likely get by the year 2100.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
It may be said that the two pollens and the two stigmas mutually recognise each other by some means.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
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Life Science: Plants
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