Saving the Plants

The most dangerous enemies

mine or national park? > From open-pit mines such as the one in the top picture, we get a useful and important metal—copper. But this kind of mine destroys both land and plants. The bottom…

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Seasons of Life

The world turns green

Now the tiny green heads of new plants are poking up from the brown earth and around the patches of snow. The little plants hold out their tiny leaves toward the sun. Their roots push down and spread…

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Places to Know

PICTURES PAINTED ON WALLS

If people want to decorate the walls of their houses, they might hang wallpaper or they might just hang lots of pictures. In the mu­seum in Vatican City, Rome, pictures are painted on the walls…

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