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Tilled farmland. (farming, dirt, soil conservation)

Could We Lose All the Soil on Earth?

Rows of tassled corn in a Nebraska field. (agriculture)

Pro and Con: GMOs

Beet. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. Two rows of harvested beets.

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Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).

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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

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A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps

Statue of Liberty in front of the skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York.

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Calendar marking march 15th

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

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coppice: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	thicket • copse

Topics

forestry forest elfin woodland agroforestry old-growth forest thorn forest national forest temperate forest deforestation prescribed fire rainforest deciduous forest

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems

Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems