Watching TV is good for the planet

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Watching TV is good for the planet

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Feb 16, 2023

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From couch potatoes sprout potential botanists.
You can read the blog post at https://botany.one/2023/02/watching-tv-is-good-for-the-planet/
You can read the original research at https://academic.oup.com/aob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aob/mcac149/6993916

Released:

Feb 16, 2023

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