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October 2010 article that discusses the original plan to demolish the Carter plant.

Predator plants may cut back on flies if they can access key nutrients elsewhere, according to research. Scientists studying carnivorous sundew plants in Swedish bogs found that nitrogen deposition from rain reduced how many insects the plants trapped. Pollution from transport and industry causes nitrogen-rich rain, meaning more reaches the ground in some areas.

a choice of an article for summertime science in Sullivan room

This video shows how the Carter Carburetor plant is hurting the community especially for the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club

Most recent Post-Dispatch article on the carburetor plant. It lacks attribution, but it helps contextualize the story of the plant's downturn.

Grasshoppers' terror outlives them Carcasses of jumpy insects taint soil Web edition : Thursday, June 14th, 2012 Terrified insects can haunt their homeland after they die. Chemical remnants of fear in the rotting corpses of grasshoppers slow the decomposition of dead grass and other debris important for fertilizing new plant growth, a new study finds.

info on egyptian star flower

info on neptunia

ScienceDaily (July 11, 2011) — One in 10 species could face extinction by the year 2100 if current climate change impacts continue. This is the result of University of Exeter research, examining studies on the effects of recent climate change on plant and animal species and comparing this with predictions of future declines.