Art Chappelka
A scientist who studies plant diseases.
Non Forest Service
My favorite science experience is studying how plants respond to pollutants and to a changing climate. Plants continually respond to their environment in ways that we can see and also in ways that we cannot see. Plants cannot move away from unfavorable conditions. Because they cannot move, plants have developed complex ways to respond when conditions are not favorable.
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