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Earth
Plant diversity: Going, going, gone
News
The hidden treasures of China’s countryside / Review of ‘The Natural History of China’ by Zhao Ji, Zhen Guangmei, Wang Huadong and Xu Jialin
Books & Arts
A silent spring in China: The dawn chorus in Beijing comes from caged birds. Pollution covers cities with smog. China’s drive to protect the environment may have come too late
Features