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Tropical plants are blooming as they gorge on our pollution

Tropical plants are blooming as they gorge on our pollution

2 February 2018

We are pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, heating the planet, but some plants are using the excess carbon dioxide to make more flowers
Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

1 February 2018

We thought polar bears had neat tricks for conserving energy in lean periods, but it turns out they are not that thrifty, which could cause them trouble in the future

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