Warsaw's plastic palm tree 'dies' to mark climate threat

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A giant plastic palm tree that has become an artistic symbol of Warsaw has "died" as part of a stunt to drawattention to climate change.Residents were surprised to see this week that the popular tree's leaves had turned gray and were drooping,causing a buzz on social media."I wondered what had happened, and I found on the internet that this is against air pollution and for theenvironment," said Bogusia Niegocka, a 42-year-old shop assistant."This is a very good move, but I'm not sure it will it really make people think. Everyone wants to drive into town inthe car," she said today in the roundabout where the tree stands.The artists behind the tree, Joanna Rajkowska and the Museum of Modern Art, had it installed on a downtowntraffic island in 2002. This week they replaced the green leaves with lifeless-looking gray ones, to put the focuson the threat civilization poses to the environment, and on smog in Warsaw.