Why don't plants freeze to death in Winter?

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Why don't plants freeze to death in Winter?

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Krzysztof wrote in to ask 'Why don't plants freeze to death during Winter?' and James Tytko tracked down Professor Howard Griffiths, from the University of Cambridge, to break the ice on this question. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Why don't plants freeze to death in Winter?

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