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Contributors in Ecology

Ecology

Free market

Biology; Ecology

An economic system in which the wealthiest players are free to make as much money as they can regardless of consequences or catastrophes.

Stress proteins

Biology; Ecology

Proteins produced in response to environmental stress. Some of them ward off the hypothermia brought by extreme cold, for example.

Chloroplast

Biology; Ecology

A cell organelle, once a free bacterium, that holds chlorophyll. Symbiotic with mitochondria, as shown by biologist Lynn Margulis.

Dieback

Biology; Ecology

The deep population crash when an environment can no longer support a population's demands. Usually leads to dieoff (extinction).

Ambient

Biology; Ecology

Prevailing natural conditions studied and recorded outside rather than indoors under microscopes or other controlled conditions.

Ocean floor

Biology; Ecology

The surface of the oceanic crust 5,000 to 7,000 metres below the ocean surface. Ocean basins take up 30% of the Earth's surface.

Supercell

Biology; Ecology

A severe thunderstorm with a steep, rotating updraft (see Mesocyclone). Supercells are likely candidates for producing tornados.

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