pollen

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

Over time, material such as pollen, sand, plant remains, and organic matter settles at the bottom of a lake, building a layered record of past environmental conditions.

From Science Daily ● 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

There’s a purpose to the stench: attracting flies and beetles to help carry pollen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

It is probable, moreover, that the pollen content of the atmosphere is not related to roadside ragweed, but to the ragweed of city lots and fallow fields.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

Beekeepers are supposed to live longer than any other profession and that longevity is attributed to the raw honey and pollens they eat.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 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

Short-styled by both pollens mixed together, of own-form longest and mid-length stamens.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin