pollen grain
noun
: one of the granular microspores that occur in pollen and give rise to the male gametophyte of a seed plant
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As a result of this and other unusual qualities, everything that falls into the lake, from pollen grains to radioactive particles, gets preserved in layers of sediment that can be very precisely dated.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
So far, the peak daily count was 1,171 pollen grains per cubic meter of air measured in early March.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
That wind picks up respiratory irritants such as pollen grains, fungal spores and air pollutants, including particulate matter.
—Elana Spivack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
Pollen count means how much pollen is in the air - it is measured by the number of pollen grains in a specific unit of air.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
Maybe my hairy body is like a drone’s: eating pollen grains from a thousand flowers,
spreading nectar across the comb in darkness,
then flapping my wings to dry up the water
and hasten the creation of viscous honey.
—Henri Cole, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
Adeyeye further explains that rain can also rupture the pollen grains, breaking them into smaller particles or releasing their contents into the air.
—Elana Spivack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
In the layers of prehistoric sediment, organic molecules produced by marine plankton provided a window into sea conditions, and buried pollen grains preserved a record of land vegetation.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
In the new study, the researchers determined the radiocarbon age of microscopic pollen grains in the sediment layers, which hadn’t grown in the lake water.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
So far, the peak daily count was 1,171 pollen grains per cubic meter of air measured in early March.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
That wind picks up respiratory irritants such as pollen grains, fungal spores and air pollutants, including particulate matter.
—Elana Spivack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
Pollen count means how much pollen is in the air - it is measured by the number of pollen grains in a specific unit of air.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
Maybe my hairy body is like a drone’s: eating pollen grains from a thousand flowers,
spreading nectar across the comb in darkness,
then flapping my wings to dry up the water
and hasten the creation of viscous honey.
—Henri Cole, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
Adeyeye further explains that rain can also rupture the pollen grains, breaking them into smaller particles or releasing their contents into the air.
—Elana Spivack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
In the layers of prehistoric sediment, organic molecules produced by marine plankton provided a window into sea conditions, and buried pollen grains preserved a record of land vegetation.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
In the new study, the researchers determined the radiocarbon age of microscopic pollen grains in the sediment layers, which hadn’t grown in the lake water.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
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