Plants that break some of the ‘rules’ of ecology by adapting in unconventional ways may have a higher chance of surviving climate change, according to researchers from the University of Queensland and Trinity College Dublin.
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National Weather Service at 150: 7 Tech Inventions That Improved Forecasting
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