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During a Solar Eclipse, What Are Plants Doing? (Published 2019)
Research conducted during the Great American Eclipse of 2017 suggested the sun’s midday disappearance shocked some plants.
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Hydraulic and photosynthetic responses of big sagebrush to the 2017 total solar eclipse
The total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 created a path of totality ~115 km in width across the United States. While eclipse observations have shown distinct responses …
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