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Low forms of life called Diatoms or "living crystals" are known.
A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897
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These plants, called Diatoms, which live both in salt and fresh water, are single cells feeding and growing just like those we took from the water-butt, only that instead of a soft covering they build up a flinty skeleton.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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Richard Dawkins explains how microscopic algae called Diatoms uniquely evolved in Yellowstone
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Diatoms and corals have been sequestering it in limestone for millions of years.
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Diatoms are organisms which may do much to secure a healthy earthly environment.
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Diatoms and corals have been sequestering it in limestone for millions of years.
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Diatoms as quantitative indicators of July temperature: a validation attempt at century-scale with meteorological data from northern Sweden.
Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009
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The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, pp. 227 – 244.
Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009
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Diatoms, chrysophytes, and other paleolimnological indicators are also preserved in peatlands and may be used to reconstruct peatland development and related water balance and climatic driving forces [24].
Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009
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The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, pp. 227 – 244.
Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic 2009
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