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Global warming: even cacti can't take the heat
Environment 3 years ago

Global warming: even cacti can't take the heat

Sixty percent of cactus species will wind up in less hospitable climates over the coming decades as global warming sets in, challenging the long-held assumption that desert plants will thrive with more heat.
Decorative plants: From stress relief to booming business
Lifestyle 4 years ago

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Decorative plants: From stress relief to booming business

As many use them to help relieve stress during the pandemic, decorative plants have turned into a very profitable business.
Green gold: Making millions out of plants
Lifestyle 4 years ago

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Green gold: Making millions out of plants

Costing millions, sales of plants such as monstera, aglaonema, succulents and scindapsus have thrived during the pandemic.
Plant swapping: Indonesia’s latest trend promotes sharing and caring
Lifestyle 4 years ago

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Plant swapping: Indonesia’s latest trend promotes sharing and caring

Many people around the world have found new ways to cope with the pandemic and staying at home 24/7, including Indonesian plant enthusiasts who have taken up gardening and gone on to spread therapeutic joy through plant swapping.
Indonesia’s huge solar power potential still going to waste
Opinion 4 years ago

Indonesia’s huge solar power potential still going to waste

Floating solar power installations are perceived as more attractive since no land is required and grid interconnections are  available for certain dams.
Welcome to the jungle: Plants overrun Chinese apartment blocks
Lifestyle 5 years ago

Welcome to the jungle: Plants overrun Chinese apartment blocks

An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a "vertical forest", with manicured gardens on every balcony.
Bogor Botanical Gardens reopen to public
News 5 years ago

Bogor Botanical Gardens reopen to public

Bogor Botanical Gardens will implement health protocols, which include online ticket purchases and cashless transactions.
To beat the heat, Vietnam rice farmers resort to planting at night
SE Asia 5 years ago

To beat the heat, Vietnam rice farmers resort to planting at night

Under a pitch-black night sky, a group of Vietnamese farmers planted rice this week in a paddy field on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi using head lamps to illuminate the water-logged ground in front of them.
Serenading plants: Barcelona opera reopens with unusual concert
Art & Culture 5 years ago

Serenading plants: Barcelona opera reopens with unusual concert

Barcelona's Liceu opera house reopened its doors on Monday for the first time in over three months to hold a concert - exclusively for a quiet, leafy audience of nearly 2,300 house plants,
Plants can camouflage odors to avoid being eaten: Study
Environment 5 years ago

Plants can camouflage odors to avoid being eaten: Study

Plants in dense tropical forests are able to mask their chemical scents in order to avoid being detected and eaten by insects -- a key advantage in the "information arms race" between themselves and plant-eating herbivores. 
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