Ecological
adjective
Related to the science of the relationships between living things and their environments.
The forest fire had a negative ecological impact, harming both plants and animals.
Often appears as...
- ecological impact
- ecological balance
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Technical
adjective
Involving the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment.
The bird has adapted to its ecological niche in the desert.
Often appears as...
- ecological niche
- ecological crisis
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Academic
adjective
Connected with the way in which plants, animals, and people are related to each other and their environment.
The company has implemented an ecological policy to reduce pollution.
Often appears as...
- ecological policy
- ecological problems
adjective
Related to the science of the relationships between living things and their environments.
The forest fire had a negative ecological impact, harming both plants and animals.
Often appears as...
- ecological impact
- ecological balance
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Involving the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment.
The bird has adapted to its ecological niche in the desert.
Often appears as...
- ecological niche
- ecological crisis
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Connected with the way in which plants, animals, and people are related to each other and their environment.
The company has implemented an ecological policy to reduce pollution.
Often appears as...
- ecological policy
- ecological problems
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Impact
Often used to highlight harmful effects on the environment caused by human activities.
The factory’s emissions have an ecological impact on the local wildlife.
Pro Tip 2/3Balance Importance
Emphasizes the equilibrium between different elements of nature.
Maintaining ecological balance in the forest is crucial for biodiversity.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Context
Used in scientific or specialized discussions about the environment.
The research paper discusses the ecological system of the coral reefs.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Impact
Often used to highlight harmful effects on the environment caused by human activities.
The factory’s emissions have an ecological impact on the local wildlife.
Pro Tip 2/3Balance Importance
Emphasizes the equilibrium between different elements of nature.
Maintaining ecological balance in the forest is crucial for biodiversity.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Context
Used in scientific or specialized discussions about the environment.
The research paper discusses the ecological system of the coral reefs.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Impact
Often used to highlight harmful effects on the environment caused by human activities.
The factory’s emissions have an ecological impact on the local wildlife.
Pro Tip 2/3Balance Importance
Emphasizes the equilibrium between different elements of nature.
Maintaining ecological balance in the forest is crucial for biodiversity.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Context
Used in scientific or specialized discussions about the environment.
The research paper discusses the ecological system of the coral reefs.
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How to spot a misleading...
can cause massive ecological disruption. This is why the second graph, which show the average temperature variation each year, is far more significant. When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media,
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Population pyramids:...
And in today's increasingly interconnected world, facing issues such as food shortages, ecological threats, and economic disparities, it is increasingly important for both scientists and policy makers to have a rich and complex understanding of populations and the factors affecting them.
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Pangolins: The Most...
most people have never heard of pangolin dealers are often part of the same worldwide criminal networks that drive other animals such as elephants and rhinos toward extinction plus loss of pangolins could prove to be an ecological and economic disaster for local communities
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Why are there so many...
to help them grow and spin cocoons. But when they emerge as butterflies, these insects feed only on flower nectar. Metamorphosis means the larvae and adults of one species will never compete for the same resource, so they successfully share an ecological niche
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Jonathan Foley: The...
They have a lot of biodiversity, a lot of carbon, things we want to protect. So we could grow more food by expanding farmland, but we'd better not, because it's ecologically a very, very dangerous thing to do. Instead, we maybe want to freeze the footprint
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
evolutionarily distant from each other and are also ecologically divergent, you will get a better understanding of what the evolutionary prior of that site is, i.e., if it is important for the mammal to function, for its survival, it will be the same
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Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
Oh no no. No they did! They used to make wombat stew and it was really popular. Oh dear that's no good is it. No good at all. No, they're such an amazing unique animal I don't know why you'd want to put them in a stew but ecologically speaking they
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6 ways mushrooms can...
And then you put tree seeds in here, and then you end up growing -- potentially -- an old-growth forest from a cardboard box. I want to reinvent the delivery system, and the use of cardboard around the world, so they become ecological footprints.
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How fire shapes...
an ecological fire family while many nations looked over looked across the spectrum of really wrecked landscapes and and adopted a program of state-sponsored conservation to protect their remaining estates in too many
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Nationalism vs....
we are now facing an ecological meltdown. And if we now try to reengineer the world inside us without really understanding it, especially without understanding the complexity of our mental system,
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How to spot a misleading...
can cause massive ecological disruption. This is why the second graph, which show the average temperature variation each year, is far more significant. When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media,
Video examples
Population pyramids:...
And in today's increasingly interconnected world, facing issues such as food shortages, ecological threats, and economic disparities, it is increasingly important for both scientists and policy makers to have a rich and complex understanding of populations and the factors affecting them.
Video examples
Pangolins: The Most...
most people have never heard of pangolin dealers are often part of the same worldwide criminal networks that drive other animals such as elephants and rhinos toward extinction plus loss of pangolins could prove to be an ecological and economic disaster for local communities
Video examples
Why are there so many...
to help them grow and spin cocoons. But when they emerge as butterflies, these insects feed only on flower nectar. Metamorphosis means the larvae and adults of one species will never compete for the same resource, so they successfully share an ecological niche
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
They have a lot of biodiversity, a lot of carbon, things we want to protect. So we could grow more food by expanding farmland, but we'd better not, because it's ecologically a very, very dangerous thing to do. Instead, we maybe want to freeze the footprint
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
evolutionarily distant from each other and are also ecologically divergent, you will get a better understanding of what the evolutionary prior of that site is, i.e., if it is important for the mammal to function, for its survival, it will be the same
Video examples
Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
Oh no no. No they did! They used to make wombat stew and it was really popular. Oh dear that's no good is it. No good at all. No, they're such an amazing unique animal I don't know why you'd want to put them in a stew but ecologically speaking they
Video examples
6 ways mushrooms can...
And then you put tree seeds in here, and then you end up growing -- potentially -- an old-growth forest from a cardboard box. I want to reinvent the delivery system, and the use of cardboard around the world, so they become ecological footprints.
Video examples
How fire shapes...
an ecological fire family while many nations looked over looked across the spectrum of really wrecked landscapes and and adopted a program of state-sponsored conservation to protect their remaining estates in too many
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Nationalism vs....
we are now facing an ecological meltdown. And if we now try to reengineer the world inside us without really understanding it, especially without understanding the complexity of our mental system,
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Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
I think that once you fully understand the climate and ecological emergencies, then you know what you can do as well. And, of course, there's a lot of things you can do in your everyday life, but we cannot be focusing on these individual things you can do. We have to see the full picture.
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Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
For years I have engaged with this ecological crisis on an intellectual level, the mounting evidence, the science... but now I have engaged with the potential destruction of this world on an emotional level and there is a fundamental difference. There is huge feeling of grief, of loss.
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Richard Gere
American Actor
Well I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
But as for the future, I foresee a world which is more creative, more open, more loving, more ecologically friendly, more honest about its history and progress, and I think a lot of those contributions will be made by young people.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Fundamentally, mankind was unimportant in the ecological system. Then, in one fell swoop, an evolutionary blink of an eye, the human race is transformed from something unimportant to the most important thing in the world.
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Jason Alexander
American Actor
Life and families and babies are all joyous gifts. But if we do not begin to truly account for our numbers, we will surely create an ecological crisis that will only lead to anguish and despair.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
For many years, wildlife film-making has presented a pristine living world. It has created an impression of security and abundance, even in places afflicted by cascading ecological collapse.
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Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Both individual fulfillment and the ecological balance of life on this planet are best served by dying when our inherent biology decrees that we do.
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James Hillman
American Psychologist
The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
The world owes an ecological debt to the African continent.
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Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
I think that once you fully understand the climate and ecological emergencies, then you know what you can do as well. And, of course, there's a lot of things you can do in your everyday life, but we cannot be focusing on these individual things you can do. We have to see the full picture.
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Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
For years I have engaged with this ecological crisis on an intellectual level, the mounting evidence, the science... but now I have engaged with the potential destruction of this world on an emotional level and there is a fundamental difference. There is huge feeling of grief, of loss.
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Richard Gere
American Actor
Well I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
But as for the future, I foresee a world which is more creative, more open, more loving, more ecologically friendly, more honest about its history and progress, and I think a lot of those contributions will be made by young people.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Fundamentally, mankind was unimportant in the ecological system. Then, in one fell swoop, an evolutionary blink of an eye, the human race is transformed from something unimportant to the most important thing in the world.
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Jason Alexander
American Actor
Life and families and babies are all joyous gifts. But if we do not begin to truly account for our numbers, we will surely create an ecological crisis that will only lead to anguish and despair.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
For many years, wildlife film-making has presented a pristine living world. It has created an impression of security and abundance, even in places afflicted by cascading ecological collapse.
Quote examples
Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Both individual fulfillment and the ecological balance of life on this planet are best served by dying when our inherent biology decrees that we do.
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James Hillman
American Psychologist
The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
The world owes an ecological debt to the African continent.
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