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Umwelt environmental change heredity versus environment carrying capacity alkalophile climate conservation hydrosphere atmosphere climate change evolution metabolism heredity death biological development growth reproduction river cell geography

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Ishihara Shintarō

Japanese writer and politician

Julia Carabias Lillo

Mexican ecologist and environmentalist

Barry Commoner

Barry Commoner

American biologist

greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)

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