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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2025

Cansiglio (Karst 🌍) Cansiglio is a plateau in the northern-Italian pre-Alps, included in the provinces of Belluno, Treviso and Pordenone. Cansiglio is home to a very small Language island of Cimbrian. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cansiglio #Cansiglio #Karst #PlateausOfItaly #LandformsOfVeneto

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2025

Origin of water on Earth (Earth 🌍) The origin of water on Earth is the subject of a body of research in the fields of planetary science, astronomy, and astrobiology. Earth is unique among the rocky planets in the Solar System in having oceans of liquid water […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2025

Tonian (Geological periods 🌍) The Tonian is the first geologic period of the Neoproterozoic Era. It lasted from 1000 to 720 Mya. Instead of being based on stratigraphy, these dates are defined by the ICS based on radiometric chronometry. The Tonian is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2025

Formation and evolution of the Solar System (Planetary science 🪐) There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Most of the collapsing […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2025

Meteorology (Meteorology ⛈️) Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena, with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agriculture […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2025

Paleolimnology (Paleogeography 🦕) Paleolimnology is a scientific sub-discipline closely related to both limnology and paleoecology. Paleolimnological studies focus on reconstructing the past environments of inland waters using the geologic record, especially […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2025

Trabecular cartilage (Evolution 🧬) Trabecular cartilages are paired, rod-shaped cartilages, which develop in the head of the vertebrate embryo. They are the primordia of the anterior part of the cranial base, and are derived from the cranial neural crest […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2025

Biome (Biomes 🌍) A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to its physical environment and regional climate. In 1935, Tansley added the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2025

Stratotype (Paleogeography 🦕) In geology, a stratotype or type section is the physical location or outcrop of a particular reference exposure of a stratigraphic sequence or stratigraphic boundary. If the stratigraphic unit is layered, it is called a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025

International Day for Biological Diversity (Biodiversity 🦗) The International Day for Biological Diversity is a United Nations–sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues. It is currently held on May 22. The International Day for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025

Charlottetown (soil series) (Pedology 🟤) Charlottetown soil series is the name given to a deep fine sandy loam soil which has developed under forest vegetation on glacial till. This series occurs only on Prince Edward Island, where it is widespread and so […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025

Funginite (Geology ⛰️) Funginite is a maceral, a component, organic in origin, of coal or oil shale, exhibiting several different physical properties and characteristics under particular conditions; its dimensions are based upon its source and place of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2025

Mutation accumulation theory (Evolutionary biology 🧬) The mutation accumulation theory of aging was first proposed by Peter Medawar in 1952 as an evolutionary explanation for biological aging and the associated decline in fitness that accompanies it. Medawar […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2025

Lava delta (Volcanology 🌋) Lava deltas, similar to river deltas, form wherever sufficient sub-aerial flows of lava enter standing bodies of water. The lava cools and breaks up as it encounters the water, with the resulting fragments filling in the adjacent […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2025

Deep-sea gigantism (Ecogeographic rules 🌍) In zoology, deep-sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism is the tendency for species of deep-sea dwelling animals to be larger than their shallower-water relatives across a large taxonomic range. Proposed explanations […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2025

Neuronal lineage marker (Genetics 🧬) A neuronal lineage marker is an endogenous tag that is expressed in different cells along neurogenesis and differentiated cells such as neurons. It allows detection and identification of cells by using different […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2025

Wildlife radio telemetry (Zoology 🦥) Wildlife radio telemetry is a tool used to track the movement and behavior of animals. This technique uses the transmission of radio signals to locate a transmitter attached to the animal of interest. It is often used to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

Fluorine cycle (Biogeochemical cycle 🔄) The fluorine cycle is the series of biogeochemical processes through which fluorine moves through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Fluorine originates from the Earth’s crust, and its cycling […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

Bergmann's rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍) Bergmann's rule is an ecogeographical rule that states that, within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, while populations and species of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2025

Seismic oceanography (Earth sciences 🌍) Seismic oceanography is a form of acoustic oceanography, in which sound waves are used to study the physical properties and dynamics of the ocean. It provides images of changes in the temperature and salinity of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2025

Universal adaptive strategy theory (Botany 🌱) Universal adaptive strategy theory is an evolutionary theory developed by J. Philip Grime in collaboration with Simon Pierce describing the general limits to ecology and evolution based on the trade-off that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2025

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2025

Historical ecology (Ecology 🏞️) Historical ecology is a research program that focuses on the interactions between humans and their environment over long-term periods of time, typically over the course of centuries. In order to carry out this work, historical […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2025

Abrasion (geology) (Glaciology 🗻) Abrasion is a process of weathering that occurs when material being transported wears away at a surface over time, commonly occurring with ice and glaciers. The primary process of abrasion is physical weathering. Its the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2025

List of deserts by area (Deserts 🏜️) This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deser… #ListOfDesertsByArea #Deserts #ListsByArea #ListsOfDeserts #ListsOfLandforms #GeologyRelatedLists

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2025

Gaia hypothesis (Earth 🌍) The Gaia hypothesis, also known as the Gaia theory, Gaia paradigm, or the Gaia principle, proposes that living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic and self-regulating complex system […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2025

Vertical exaggeration (Cartography 🗺️) Vertical exaggeration is a scale that is used in raised-relief maps, plans and technical drawings, in order to emphasize vertical features, which might be too small to identify relative to the horizontal scale […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025

Polar desert (Deserts 🏜️) Polar deserts are the regions of Earth that fall under an ice cap climate. Despite rainfall totals low enough to normally classify as a desert, polar deserts are distinguished from true deserts by low annual temperatures and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2025

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2025

Crevasse (Glaciology 🗻) A crevasse is a deep crack that forms in a glacier or ice sheet. Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the shear stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2025

Detention basin (Hydrology 💧) A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2025

Paleoparasitology (Parasitology 🧬) Paleoparasitology is the study of parasites from the past, and their interactions with hosts and vectors; it is a subfield of paleontology, the study of living organisms from the past. Some authors define this term more […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2025

Coral reef (Ecosystems 🏞️) A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025

Diaphonization (Zoology 🦥) Diaphonization, also known as clearing and staining, is a staining technique used on animal specimens that first renders the body of the animal transparent by bathing it in trypsin, and then stains the bones and cartilage with […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025

Meguro Parasitological Museum (Parasitology 🧬) The Meguro Parasitological Museum is a small science museum in the Meguro Ward in central Tokyo, Japan. The museum is devoted to parasites and the science of parasitology, and was founded in 1953 by Dr. Satoru […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2025

Flow banding (Volcanology 🌋) Flow banding is a geological term to describe bands or layers that can sometimes be seen in rock that formed from magma. Flow banding is caused by friction of the viscous magma that is in contact with a solid rock interface […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

Geological event (Geology terminology ⛰️) A geological event is a temporary and spatially heterogeneous and dynamic happening in Earth history that contributes to the transformation of Earth system and the formation of geological strata. Event stratigraphy […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2025

Depauperate ecosystem (Habitat 🌄) A depauperate ecosystem is an ecosystem characterized by low species richness or species diversity. Such ecosystems will have short or simplified food chains and low trophic complexity compared to those with higher […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2025

Convective storm detection (Storm 🌪️) Convective storm detection is the meteorological observation, and short-term prediction, of deep moist convection. DMC describes atmospheric conditions producing single or clusters of large vertical extension clouds […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2025

Ectasian (Geological periods 🌍) The Ectasian Period is the second geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic Era and lasted from 1400 Mya to 1200 Mya. Instead of being based on stratigraphy, these dates are defined chronometrically. Geologically the name refers […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2025

Ecotone (Landscape ecology 🏞️) An ecotone is a transitional area between two plant communities, where these meet and integrate. Examples include areas between grassland and forest, estuaries and lagoon, freshwater and sea water etc. An ecotone may be narrow […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2025

Mineralogical Observations on Some Basalts on the Rhine (Mineralogy 💎) Mineralogical Observations on Some Basalts on the Rhine is an early work by Alexander von Humboldt, published anonymously in 1790 in Braunschweig “at the School bookstore”. The […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2025

Eastern Agricultural Complex (Phytogeography 🌱) The Eastern Agricultural Complex in the woodlands of eastern North America was one of about 10 independent centers of plant domestication in the pre-historic world. Incipient agriculture dates back to about […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2025

Ordovician (Geological periods 🌍) The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era, and the second of twelve periods of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Ordovician spans 44 million years from the end of the Cambrian […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

Allen's rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍) Allen's rule is an ecogeographical rule formulated by Joel Asaph Allen in 1877, broadly stating that animals adapted to cold climates have shorter and thicker limbs and bodily appendages than animals adapted to warm […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

Ocean acidification in the Great Barrier Reef (Oceanography 🌊) Ocean acidification threatens the Great Barrier Reef by reducing the viability and strength of coral reefs. The Great Barrier Reef, considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world and a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2025

Silurian (Geological periods 🌍) The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 23.5 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at 443.1 Ma to the beginning of the Devonian Period, 419.62 Ma. The Silurian is the third and shortest period of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2025

Joint (geology) (Petrology 💎) In geology, and more specifically in structural geology, a joint is a break of natural origin in a layer or body of rock that lacks visible or measurable movement parallel to the surface of the fracture. Although joints can […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025

Cadmium cycle (Biogeochemical cycle 🔄) The cadmium cycle is a biogeochemical cycle of dispersion and deposition of cadmium through the atmosphere, biosphere, pedosphere, and hydrosphere. Cadmium typically exists in the environment with an oxidation state of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Planetary Ecologist @planetaryecologist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025

Sag pond (Geology terminology ⛰️) A sag pond is a body of fresh water collected in the lowest parts of a depression formed between two sides of an active strike-slip, transtensional or normal fault zone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sag_pond #SagPond […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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