What Hollywood Can Teach Us About Our Planet - Earth 101

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Sep 10, 201200:57:51Arts

Plants have a lot to teach us about how our planet works and movies like the blockbuster film “Avatar,” in which plants play an important role, can inspire us to pay closer attention to them. Jodie Holt, a professor of p...

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