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{"category":"nature","content":"The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.","attribution":"John Muir"},
{"category":"nature","content":"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.","attribution":"John Muir"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.","attribution":"Henry David Thoreau, Walden"},
{"category":"nature","content":"The Amazon rainforest is home to an estimated ten percent of all known species on Earth, making it one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Coral reefs cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, yet they support roughly a quarter of all marine species.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Migratory birds can travel thousands of miles between breeding and wintering grounds, navigating using the sun, stars, and the Earth's magnetic field.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"A single mature tree can absorb around twenty two kilograms of carbon dioxide per year, making forests an important part of regulating the planet's climate.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Bees pollinate roughly a third of the crops humans rely on for food, making them essential to global agriculture despite their small size.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, plunges nearly eleven kilometers below the surface, deeper than Mount Everest is tall.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Deserts are defined by low precipitation rather than temperature, which is why some of the coldest places on Earth, including parts of Antarctica, are technically deserts.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Mycorrhizal fungi form partnerships with the roots of most plants, helping them absorb water and nutrients in exchange for sugars produced by photosynthesis.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Wolves live and hunt in structured packs, usually led by a breeding pair, and communicate through howls that can be heard for several kilometers.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"The Sahara Desert was once a green landscape with lakes and grasslands, before a shift in the Earth's orbit altered rainfall patterns thousands of years ago.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"Rivers shape the landscape around them over thousands of years, carving canyons and depositing sediment that forms fertile floodplains.","attribution":"Nature"},
{"category":"nature","content":"A rainforest canopy can be so dense that less than two percent of sunlight reaches the forest floor below.","attribution":"Nature"}
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