Ecology
noun
The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
She is studying ecology at university.
Often appears as...
- marine ecology
- study of ecology
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Academic
noun
The relationships that a particular organism has with its environment.
The ecology of the antelope in the savannah has been well studied.
Often appears as...
- animal ecology
- plant ecology
noun
A social or political movement that seeks to protect the environment, especially from pollution.
The Green Party promotes ecology and sustainability.
Often appears as...
- ecology movement
- ecology activist
noun
The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
She is studying ecology at university.
Often appears as...
- marine ecology
- study of ecology
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The relationships that a particular organism has with its environment.
The ecology of the antelope in the savannah has been well studied.
Often appears as...
- animal ecology
- plant ecology
noun
A social or political movement that seeks to protect the environment, especially from pollution.
The Green Party promotes ecology and sustainability.
Often appears as...
- ecology movement
- ecology activist
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Discipline
Understand 'ecology' as a scientific field, akin to biology or chemistry.
Ecology overlaps with other biological sciences but has its own focus.
Pro Tip 2/3Includes Humans
'Ecology' encompasses both natural environments and human-made ones.
Urban ecology studies how cities affect nature and vice versa.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Animals
'Ecology' isn't limited to animals; it includes plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
Fungal ecology examines the role of fungi in ecosystems.
Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Discipline
Understand 'ecology' as a scientific field, akin to biology or chemistry.
Ecology overlaps with other biological sciences but has its own focus.
Pro Tip 2/3Includes Humans
'Ecology' encompasses both natural environments and human-made ones.
Urban ecology studies how cities affect nature and vice versa.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Animals
'Ecology' isn't limited to animals; it includes plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
Fungal ecology examines the role of fungi in ecosystems.
Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Discipline
Understand 'ecology' as a scientific field, akin to biology or chemistry.
Ecology overlaps with other biological sciences but has its own focus.
Pro Tip 2/3Includes Humans
'Ecology' encompasses both natural environments and human-made ones.
Urban ecology studies how cities affect nature and vice versa.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Animals
'Ecology' isn't limited to animals; it includes plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
Fungal ecology examines the role of fungi in ecosystems.
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Reviving New York's...
harnessing the intelligence of that land settlement pattern. And the idea has two core stages. One is to develop a new artificial ecology, a reef out in the harbor, that would then protect new settlement patterns inland and the Gowanus. Because if you have cleaner water and slower water,
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Wild Beavers Return...
allows a lot of light to get into you get more undergrowth and more interesting opportunities for other animals so it's kind of creating not just biodiversity it's creating structural diversity which is so important in ecology they are superb with water i don't know how
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Who determines the...
talk to that Watson who won jeopardy but today let's pretend that we're talking to the Watson that's very skilled in understanding medicine and on ecology and when we think about that we're definitely trading in the territory of life and death and with
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Nationalism vs....
And you see it again all over the world that this is now the main struggle. We probably need completely new political models and completely new ways of thinking about politics. In essence, what you can say is that we now have global ecology,
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Optical illusions show...
What this suggests is that no one is an outside observer of nature, okay? We're not defined by our central properties, by the bits that make us up. We're defined by our environment and our interaction with that environment, by our ecology.
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Divers Fight the...
fish for those species those species perform important ecological services on three very little is known about my fish biology ecology our research program online fish here in northeastern Florida is trying to characterize a lot of the
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Thoughts on humanity,...
or you can use it to spread the joy of light to millions. You may filthy up the oceans callously and cut down all the forests. You can destroy the ecology, or turn to them with love and regenerate life from the waters and trees.
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Design at the...
If the final frontier of design is to breathe life into the products and the buildings around us, to form a two-material ecology, then designers must unite these two worldviews. Which brings us back, of course, to the beginning.
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Pumas learn to share PIPE...
you were learning more things every day is a it's a new page being written about the behavior about the ecology about the biology of the puma and that's why this place is so important
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Averting the climate...
successes in life it's gonna talk about information ecology but I was thinking that since I planned to make a lifelong habit of
Video examples
Reviving New York's...
harnessing the intelligence of that land settlement pattern. And the idea has two core stages. One is to develop a new artificial ecology, a reef out in the harbor, that would then protect new settlement patterns inland and the Gowanus. Because if you have cleaner water and slower water,
Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
allows a lot of light to get into you get more undergrowth and more interesting opportunities for other animals so it's kind of creating not just biodiversity it's creating structural diversity which is so important in ecology they are superb with water i don't know how
Video examples
Who determines the...
talk to that Watson who won jeopardy but today let's pretend that we're talking to the Watson that's very skilled in understanding medicine and on ecology and when we think about that we're definitely trading in the territory of life and death and with
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
And you see it again all over the world that this is now the main struggle. We probably need completely new political models and completely new ways of thinking about politics. In essence, what you can say is that we now have global ecology,
Video examples
Optical illusions show...
What this suggests is that no one is an outside observer of nature, okay? We're not defined by our central properties, by the bits that make us up. We're defined by our environment and our interaction with that environment, by our ecology.
Video examples
Divers Fight the...
fish for those species those species perform important ecological services on three very little is known about my fish biology ecology our research program online fish here in northeastern Florida is trying to characterize a lot of the
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
or you can use it to spread the joy of light to millions. You may filthy up the oceans callously and cut down all the forests. You can destroy the ecology, or turn to them with love and regenerate life from the waters and trees.
Video examples
Design at the...
If the final frontier of design is to breathe life into the products and the buildings around us, to form a two-material ecology, then designers must unite these two worldviews. Which brings us back, of course, to the beginning.
Video examples
Pumas learn to share PIPE...
you were learning more things every day is a it's a new page being written about the behavior about the ecology about the biology of the puma and that's why this place is so important
Video examples
Averting the climate...
successes in life it's gonna talk about information ecology but I was thinking that since I planned to make a lifelong habit of
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Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
The paradigm of the 'Aquarian Conspiracy' sees humankind embedded in nature. It promotes the autonomous individual in a decentralized society... The new perspective respects the ecology of everything: birth, death, learning, health, family, work, science, spirituality, the arts, the community, relationships, politics.
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Lynn Margulis
American Scientist
Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-specific arrogance. No evidence exists that we are 'chosen', the unique species for which all the others were made. Nor are we the most important one because we are so numerous, powerful and dangerous.
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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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A. S. Byatt
English Novelist
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.
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Annie Gottlieb
American Writer
I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal rights, the love and money we lavish on pets, the uneasy longing for extraterrestrials to be meddling with us.
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Philip Pullman
British Writer
I like every individual editor, designer, marketing and publicity person I deal with, but I don't like what publishers, corporately, are doing to the ecology of the book world. It's damaging, and it should change.
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Thomas R. Cech
American Scientist
There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology area, and I think that such attention to proper environmental concerns would make the public feel much better about it.
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Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.
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Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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John C. Malone
American Businessman
I'm not an extreme tree-hugger. I do believe trees grow and are a useful agricultural product that can be harvested without damaging the ecology and wildlife.
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Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
The paradigm of the 'Aquarian Conspiracy' sees humankind embedded in nature. It promotes the autonomous individual in a decentralized society... The new perspective respects the ecology of everything: birth, death, learning, health, family, work, science, spirituality, the arts, the community, relationships, politics.
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Lynn Margulis
American Scientist
Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-specific arrogance. No evidence exists that we are 'chosen', the unique species for which all the others were made. Nor are we the most important one because we are so numerous, powerful and dangerous.
Quote examples
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.
Quote examples
A. S. Byatt
English Novelist
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.
Quote examples
Annie Gottlieb
American Writer
I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal rights, the love and money we lavish on pets, the uneasy longing for extraterrestrials to be meddling with us.
Quote examples
Philip Pullman
British Writer
I like every individual editor, designer, marketing and publicity person I deal with, but I don't like what publishers, corporately, are doing to the ecology of the book world. It's damaging, and it should change.
Quote examples
Thomas R. Cech
American Scientist
There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology area, and I think that such attention to proper environmental concerns would make the public feel much better about it.
Quote examples
Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.
Quote examples
Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
Quote examples
John C. Malone
American Businessman
I'm not an extreme tree-hugger. I do believe trees grow and are a useful agricultural product that can be harvested without damaging the ecology and wildlife.
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