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  2. Colobanthus quitensis - Wikipedia

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    Research found that the Antarctic pearlwort spread nearly ten times faster during the period 2009 through 2018 compared to between 1960 and 2009. [9] Although future climate change may relieve environmental stress and increase the plants ability to photosynthesize , warming may reduce the plants ability to resist freezing temperatures. [ 3 ]

  3. Rapid plant movement - Wikipedia

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    These rapid plant movements differ from the more common, but much slower "growth-movements" of plants, called tropisms. Tropisms encompass movements that lead to physical, permanent alterations of the plant while rapid plant movements are usually reversible or occur over a shorter span of time.

  4. Polar ecology - Wikipedia

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    The other main reason is due to man-made gases that are released into the atmosphere. There are many environmental effects due to this because of the gases that are being released five times faster than they are destroyed. [31] Global warming is also having an effect on the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Global warming is causing the temperature ...

  5. Pear - Wikipedia

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    Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus Pyrus / ˈ p aɪ r ə s /, in the family Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name. Several species of pears are valued for their edible fruit and juices, while ...

  6. Plant reproduction - Wikipedia

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    One of the outcomes of plant reproduction is the generation of seeds, spores, and fruits [13] that allow plants to move to new locations or new habitats. [14] Plants do not have nervous systems or any will for their actions. Even so, scientists are able to observe mechanisms that help their offspring thrive as they grow.

  7. Reproduction - Wikipedia

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    Sexual reproduction has many drawbacks, since it requires far more energy than asexual reproduction and diverts the organisms from other pursuits, and there is some argument about why so many species use it. George C. Williams used lottery tickets as an analogy in one explanation for the widespread use of sexual reproduction. [36]

  8. Polar amplification - Wikipedia

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    Feedbacks associated with sea ice and snow cover are widely cited as one of the principal causes of terrestrial polar amplification. [12] [13] [14] These feedbacks are particularly noted in local polar amplification, [15] although recent work has shown that the lapse rate feedback is likely equally important to the ice-albedo feedback for Arctic amplification. [16]

  9. Effects of climate change on biomes - Wikipedia

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    Boreal forests, also known as taiga, are warming at a faster rate than the global average. [14] leading to drier conditions in the Taiga, which leads to a whole host of subsequent issues. [15] Climate change has a direct impact on the productivity of the boreal forest, as well as health and regeneration. [15]