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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Earth.I'm David Biello.Your minute begins now.
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2 .Millions of roses get handed out on Valentine's Day.
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3 .But growing roses has an environmental impact worse than many other crops.
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4 .Start with climate change: most roses in the U.S.and Europe are imported from warmer climes.
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5 .All that flying and trucking adds thousands of metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
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6 .Then there's all the water needed to, well, water the flowers.
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7 .And the runoff fouled by copious quantities of pesticides needed to make the roses look perfect.
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8 .There's also the wildlife and workers poisoned by all that fumigation.
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9 .Add to that habitat destruction where floral plantations displace native forest and wetlands.
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10 .Finally, there's the refrigeration needed to keep those blooms fresh.
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11 .The electricity is often produced by burning fossil fuels, and the refrigerant gases also exacerbate climate change.
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12 .A more sustainable and, possibly, more romantic approach is to go with flowers certified by outfits like VeriFlora or, even better, whatever flowers are in season locally.
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13 .Of course, that's not much help for those of us in wintry climes.
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14 .Maybe try writing a poem.
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15 .Let's see: Roses are red, violets are blue…
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16 .Your minute is up, for Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello,
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