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Plants defend other species with chemical weapons to grow up in their territory
Black walnut trees are found to secrete a toxic chemical in the leaves and roots, which they discharge into the soil to impede the growth of other seedlings.
Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon’s Plants
Can you believe a gust of strong wind can take Earth’s hottest desert dust to 6000 miles away to the largest tropical rain forest of the Earth? Every year micronutrient-rich dust from North Africa’s Sahara Desert is carried away across the North Atlantic to the Amazon rain forest.
