Greenversations Question of the Week: What's one scientific fact you learned as a youngster that still affects your environmental decisions as an adult?

We've posted this week's question:

What's one scientific fact you learned as a youngster that still affects your environmental decisions as an adult?

A salt marsh is an important fishery breeding ground. Coal and oil deposits formed from plants that lived millions of years ago. So many seemingly small facts reflect just a part of the larger environment in which we live.

¿Díganos un dato científico que aprendió de niño que aún afecta sus decisiones medioambientales como adultos?

Un pantano de agua salada, un marisma es un terreno fértil para muchas especies importantes de peces. Los depósitos de carbono y petróleo se formaron de plantas que vivieron millones de años atrás. Por lo tanto lo que parecen pequeños hechos reflejan sólo una parte de un medio ambiente más grande donde vivimos.

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