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Plankton

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Plankton are drifting organisms in aquatic environments, including marine and fresh water. They are the base of the food web in these environments.

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Halliburton, Erle P.
Erle P. Halliburton (1892-1957), an American engineer who perfected the technique of cementing oil w...

Hall, Charles M.
Discovered in 1827 by Friedrich Wöhler, aluminum, though the most common metal on earth, is always ...

Hadley, George
George Hadley (1685-1768), an English meteorologist who in 1736 provided the first complete explanat...