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Once plants really got a foothold, they transformed our planet. Albert Fertl/Moment via Getty Images

What was the very first plant in the world?

Plants changed the atmosphere, built soil and created ecosystems that allowed animals like us to thrive. But first they had to make their way from the water to the land.
Ice and snow cover on a boreal forest lake in winter (Lake Simoncouche, Saguenay, Québec). (Noémie Gaudreault)

Lakes don’t sleep in winter! There’s a world living under ice

Canadians are no strangers to cold winters, when everything in nature appears to be frozen solid. However, under the ice cover of lakes, many animals remain active during the winter.

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