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Terrapsychology is a word coined by Craig Chalquist to describe deep, systematic, trans-empirical approaches to encountering the presence, soul, or "voice" of places and things: what the ancients knew as their resident genius loci or indwelling spirit. This perspective emerged from sustained ...
A genetically differentiated subpopulation evolved to remain within its habitat.
Industry:Biology
The metamorphic straightening of rock into parallel layers. Also: leaf formation.
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Gentle depressions distributed fairly regularly across level landscapes of clay.
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A bottom-feeder that eats sedimentary material and by doing so stirs up the mud.
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The transformation of (water) vapor into liquid. Falling temperatures trigger it.
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Greenhouse deflection of incoming longwave radiation back to the planet surface.
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An ion carrying a positive atomic charge. Many key soil nutrients employ cations.
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Wood from gymnosperm trees (redwood, pine, fir, spruce--conifers). See Hardwood.
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Juicy, moisture-retaining plants like aloe, iceplant, cactus, agave, and yucca.
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Soils of humid regions; usually rich in alumina and iron but poor in carbonates.
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