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People and places studying diatoms
Ruth Patrick: (1907 - 2013) American botanist who pioneered environmental science and helped formulate the Clean Water Act of 1972 [e]- Patrick Center for Environmental Research: An environmental research institute founded in 1947 by Ruth Patrick at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; the first group to study freshwater systems at all levels of the food chain and to treat biodiversity as a central indicator of water quality. [e]
- Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Drexel_University: A natural history museum, herbarium, and environmental science research institute in Philadelphia, PA. [e]
- World War I [r]: (1914-1918) global war centered in Europe killing 7 million people, ending with an influenza pandemic that killed at least 50 million (1918-1920) and possibly as many as 100 million people. [e]
- Algae [r]: A diverse group of simple, typically photosynthetic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms; the largest and most complex marine forms are called seaweeds. [e]
- Refineries [r]: Industrial manufacturing facilities composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations used for the conversion certain raw materials such as petroleum crude oil, mined ores, sugar or salt into finished products of value or for the refining and purification of partially converted raw materials into finished products. [e]