leaves
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To Save Forests, Researchers Are Hooking Trees Up To Twitter
In July 2018, a century-old red oak went live on Twitter. The account @awitnesstree, tweeting from the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, introduces itself in its bio: Witnessing life as a tree in a changing environment for more than a century. Views are my own – sort of (data translated by scientists and communicators at…
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Freaky Blue Leaves Allow Plants To Thrive In Shade
When it comes to converting sunlight into food, plants overwhelming prefer the colour green. However, new research shows that at least one particular shrub defies this convention, sprouting blue leaves that do a remarkably good job of capturing sunlight when there’s very little to go around.
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The Chemistry Behind The Different Colours Of Autumn Leaves
At some point, when you were a wee child, your parents or teachers probably gave you a simple — but incomplete — explanation of why leaves change colour in autumn: green chlorophyll fades to reveal the yellows and oranges that have been there all along. That’s true, but that’s not the whole chemical story.