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18 hours ago · This is a non-exhaustive list of mycologists, or scientists with a specialisation in mycology, with their author abbreviations. Because the study of lichens is traditionally considered a branch of mycology, lichenologists are included in this list.
18 hours ago · A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year. Devices operating on several physical processes have been used over the millennia .
18 hours ago · e. The House of Plantagenet [a] ( /plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins, who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the ...
18 hours ago · The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest" [a]) or the reconquest of al-Andalus [b] was the successful series of military campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate. [4] The beginning of the Reconquista is traditionally dated to the Battle of Covadonga ( circa 718 or ...
18 hours ago · The narwhal inhabits arctic waters of Canada, Greenland and Russia. Every year, it migrates to ice-free summering grounds, usually in shallow waters and exhibit a high fidelity of return to the same grounds. In spite of its carnivorous nature, it is susceptible to attacks by polar bears, orcas and humans. Its primary food sources include polar and Arctic cod, Greenland halibut, cuttlefish ...
18 hours ago · v. t. e. After 1900, California continued to grow rapidly and soon became an agricultural and industrial power. The economy was widely based on specialty agriculture, oil, tourism, shipping, film, and after 1940 advanced technology such as aerospace and electronics industries – along with a significant military presence.
18 hours ago · People evaluating proactive measures in hindsight this way is unfortunately very common. "There wasn't even a catastrophic die-off!" Ok, well two things: (1) we didn't know for su
