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Greenland's Fossils Reveal an Ice-Free Tundra Less Than a Million Years Ago: Report
Recent research reveals that Greenland, now 98% covered in ice, was almost entirely ice-free at some point in the last million years. Fossils of plants like willow and Arctic poppy, found in an ice core sample from the island’s center, suggest a once-thriving tundra ecosystem. This discovery is significant because it challenges previous beliefs t...
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The Role Of A Plant In Manipur Ethnic Violence
One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.
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"Avoid Eating Poppy Seeds": Pentagon Warns US Soldiers
According to the memo, the seeds come from poppy plants, a commercial crop cultivated by the drug and food industries for pharmaceuticals and spices. The seeds can become contaminated with morphine and codeine during the harvest.
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"Opium-Addicted" Parrots Affecting Poppy Cultivation In Madhya Pradesh
But a large group of parrots feed on poppy plants around 30-40 times a day and some even fly away with poppy pods, said a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.
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Greenland's Fossils Reveal an Ice-Free Tundra Less Than a Million Years Ago: Report
Recent research reveals that Greenland, now 98% covered in ice, was almost entirely ice-free at some point in the last million years. Fossils of plants like willow and Arctic poppy, found in an ice core sample from the island’s center, suggest a once-thriving tundra ecosystem. This discovery is significant because it challenges previous beliefs t...
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The Role Of A Plant In Manipur Ethnic Violence
One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.
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"Avoid Eating Poppy Seeds": Pentagon Warns US Soldiers
According to the memo, the seeds come from poppy plants, a commercial crop cultivated by the drug and food industries for pharmaceuticals and spices. The seeds can become contaminated with morphine and codeine during the harvest.
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"Opium-Addicted" Parrots Affecting Poppy Cultivation In Madhya Pradesh
But a large group of parrots feed on poppy plants around 30-40 times a day and some even fly away with poppy pods, said a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.
