turn green

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The results help explain why forests do not always turn green as early as rising temperatures might suggest.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

In warm weather that nutrient load caused the water to turn green, so called "algal blooming".

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

After a few days, the flesh started to turn green.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The stage lights turn green, smoke rises and the speakers blare out a theme with sinister horns.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

Squirrels and Carolina wrens hopped as close as they dared and drank from the puddles, and you could almost see the blades of brown grass lift themselves up and turn green.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd