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The World's Oceans Are Getting Darker, Raising "A Genuine Cause For Concern"A school of fish swims through deep water in the tropical western Pacific.

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The World's Oceans Are Getting Darker, Raising "A Genuine Cause For Concern"A school of fish swims through deep water in the tropical western Pacific.
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The World's Oceans Are Getting Darker, Raising "A Genuine Cause For Concern"

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Our Blue Oceans Were Once Green And Their Fate Could Be Purple Or RedThe waters off the Satsunan Archipelago, Kyushu may resemble those of the Earth 2.4 billion years ago, thanks to the ferric iron from nearby volcanic vents.

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Our Blue Oceans Were Once Green And Their Fate Could Be Purple Or RedThe waters off the Satsunan Archipelago, Kyushu may resemble those of the Earth 2.4 billion years ago, thanks to the ferric iron from nearby volcanic vents.
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Our Blue Oceans Were Once Green And Their Fate Could Be Purple Or Red

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Alien Plant With World’s Longest-Living Leaves Can Survive For Over 1,000 Yearswelwitschia mirabilis, hole among giant fibrous leaves on desert floor

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Alien Plant With World’s Longest-Living Leaves Can Survive For Over 1,000 Yearswelwitschia mirabilis, hole among giant fibrous leaves on desert floor
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Alien Plant With World’s Longest-Living Leaves Can Survive For Over 1,000 Years

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These “Solar-Powered Sea Slugs” Steal Plants’ Superpowers To Feed On SunlightAnatomy of the sacoglossan mollusc Elysia chlorotica. Sea slug consuming its obligate algal food Vaucheria litorea. Small, punctate green circles are the plastids located within the extensive digestive diverticula of the animal.

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These “Solar-Powered Sea Slugs” Steal Plants’ Superpowers To Feed On SunlightAnatomy of the sacoglossan mollusc Elysia chlorotica. Sea slug consuming its obligate algal food Vaucheria litorea. Small, punctate green circles are the plastids located within the extensive digestive diverticula of the animal.
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These “Solar-Powered Sea Slugs” Steal Plants’ Superpowers To Feed On Sunlight

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Maps Show Antarctic Is Turning Green With Plant Life – A Troubling Sign For The PlanetMountain with rocks, mosses at Antarctic landscape

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Maps Show Antarctic Is Turning Green With Plant Life – A Troubling Sign For The PlanetMountain with rocks, mosses at Antarctic landscape
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Maps Show Antarctic Is Turning Green With Plant Life – A Troubling Sign For The Planet

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Where Do Trees Get Most Of Their Mass From? Because It Isn't The GroundSeveral potted plants.

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Where Do Trees Get Most Of Their Mass From? Because It Isn't The GroundSeveral potted plants.
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Where Do Trees Get Most Of Their Mass From? Because It Isn't The Ground

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Photosynthesis In Animal Cells Achieved For The First Time Using Implanted ChloroplastsAnimal cells with chloroplasts

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Photosynthesis In Animal Cells Achieved For The First Time Using Implanted ChloroplastsAnimal cells with chloroplasts
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Photosynthesis In Animal Cells Achieved For The First Time Using Implanted Chloroplasts

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Why Are So Few Plants Blue?specimen of a sea holly plant, scientific name Eryngium. The stems and spiny flowers, which resemble thistles, are a bright blue colour.

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Why Are So Few Plants Blue?specimen of a sea holly plant, scientific name Eryngium. The stems and spiny flowers, which resemble thistles, are a bright blue colour.
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Why Are So Few Plants Blue?

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World First Map Of Antarctica's Plant Life Shows Rapidly Sprouting Continent Under Climate ChangeVegetation in Antarctica is dominated by lichen and mosses, as seen here on Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica.

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World First Map Of Antarctica's Plant Life Shows Rapidly Sprouting Continent Under Climate ChangeVegetation in Antarctica is dominated by lichen and mosses, as seen here on Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica.
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World First Map Of Antarctica's Plant Life Shows Rapidly Sprouting Continent Under Climate Change

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Tiny Algae Hold Hope For Renewable Energy With Negative Carbon Emissionsmacro image of green algae suspended in water

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Tiny Algae Hold Hope For Renewable Energy With Negative Carbon Emissionsmacro image of green algae suspended in water
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Tiny Algae Hold Hope For Renewable Energy With Negative Carbon Emissions

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Forget Little Green Men – Alien Life Is Probably Mostly PurplePurple exoplanet on black background

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Forget Little Green Men – Alien Life Is Probably Mostly PurplePurple exoplanet on black background
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Forget Little Green Men – Alien Life Is Probably Mostly Purple

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1.75-Billion-Year-Old Fossilized Cells Are Oldest Evidence For Photosynthesis In CyanobacteriaN majensis from the 1.75 Ga McDermott Formation, Australia.

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1.75-Billion-Year-Old Fossilized Cells Are Oldest Evidence For Photosynthesis In CyanobacteriaN majensis from the 1.75 Ga McDermott Formation, Australia.
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1.75-Billion-Year-Old Fossilized Cells Are Oldest Evidence For Photosynthesis In Cyanobacteria

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Anemones Are The First Known "Heliotropic" Animal, Tracking The Sun Like PlantsSnakelocks Anemone (Anemonia viridis)

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Anemones Are The First Known "Heliotropic" Animal, Tracking The Sun Like PlantsSnakelocks Anemone (Anemonia viridis)
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Anemones Are The First Known "Heliotropic" Animal, Tracking The Sun Like Plants

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Photosynthesis Starts With A Single Photon, Incredible Breakthrough Revealsthe undergrowth of a forest with a floating ball of light representing the photon

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Photosynthesis Starts With A Single Photon, Incredible Breakthrough Revealsthe undergrowth of a forest with a floating ball of light representing the photon
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Photosynthesis Starts With A Single Photon, Incredible Breakthrough Reveals

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Photosynthesis Uses A Process Surprisingly Close To Bose-Einstein CondensatePhotograph of leaves in the sun

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Photosynthesis Uses A Process Surprisingly Close To Bose-Einstein CondensatePhotograph of leaves in the sun
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Photosynthesis Uses A Process Surprisingly Close To Bose-Einstein Condensate

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