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Such a sensitive flower: do plants really have personalities?
Name: Plant personalities.
Age: Possibly millions of years old.
Appearance: Tall, thin, green.
They're sometimes a bit drab, too. Oh my God, don't let the plants hear...
As UK lockdowns ease, fears grow of return to pre-pandemic crime and pollution levels
Carbon emissionsIn a sudden realisation of what climate campaigners have been urging for years, flights were cancelled, vehicle use plummeted and the oil industry...
Cold comfort farming: German ice wine maker hails crucial big chill
‘You might get one chance in a decade,’ says Ralf Petgen, who has adapted his Mosel vineyard owing to global heatingOn a recent frosty...
Bank of England needs more powers to decarbonise economy, say experts
Academics call for urgent changes to Bank’s mandate to help UK hit carbon zero targetUrgent reforms of the Bank of England are needed to...
Bottle-fed babies swallow millions of microplastics a day, study finds
Bottle-fed babies are swallowing millions of microplastic particles a day, according to research described as a "milestone" in the understanding of human exposure to...