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  "textContent": "This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see grasslands flush with corn lilies, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur. In January 1991, a group of scientists lea by Professor John Harte set up a unique experiment in these Rocky […]",
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