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ecologist

[ ih-kol-uh-jist, ee-kol- ]

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noun

a scientist or researcher whose field of study involves the relationships and interactions between organisms and their environment:
Ecosystem ecologists study how nutrients, energy, and water flow through an ecosystem.
an environmentalist:
Like climate change activists and ecologists around the world, I feel passionately that the issue is crucial to the long-term well-being of the human race.

“Dwarf mistletoe is freaky, freaky, freaky stuff,” says David Watson, an ecologist at Charles Sturt University in Australia.

“If you look for new viruses, you will find them,” said Bucknell University disease ecologist DeeAnn Reeder.

Makovich himself is a keen ecologist—and other members like him are opposed to shale gas drilling.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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