Life
Plant presumed extinct sprouts in a road after more than 40 years
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plants
Plants make up about 80 per cent of all living matter on Earth by mass. They capture energy from sunlight in a process called photosynthesis, taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and producing oxygen. Humans grow some plants on an enormous scale to provide us with food, drugs, fuel and building materials. We have modified plants through artificial selection for thousands of years, and now use genetic technologies to create plants with chosen characteristics.
Life
The strange plant that just might be the worst smell on the planet
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Environment
Sled dogs are making Svalbard greener with their poo
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Life
Why you shouldn't worry about keeping plants in your bedroom at night
Regulars
Environment
The tropics could get so hot that all leaves on rainforest trees die
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Environment
Wildfires made worse by plants starting to grow earlier in the year
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Comment
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Culture
Life
The ancient trees that have lessons for the future
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Environment
Plants find it harder to absorb carbon dioxide amid global warming
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Flower that thrives in Death Valley may hold secret to heat adaptation
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Life
Arctic foxes help create habitats as ‘gardeners’ of the tundra
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Rare flower makes fake bee blood to lure pollinating insects
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