In short: more carbon in the air does not guarantee more carbon in the wood. Between those two lies a living network of ...

The basics of photosynthesis are something that every student learns in school: carbon dioxide, water and light in; oxygen ...

News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. Relationships between tree diversity and species richness of herbivores (a) ...

You may have noticed recently that some trees around the city are starting to change colors or maybe you've even seen some leaves on the ground. Trees use their leaves (and sometimes their bark) to ...

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Have you ever noticed that when you cut down a tree — or a tree dies suddenly — the dead leaves stay on the tree for a long time? The leaves go from green to brown, but stay on the dead tree branches.

Climate change is already making a small proportion of tropical tree leaves so hot that their photosynthetic machinery bakes and breaks, according to new research. Although only a small proportion of ...

This is a maple tree that still has a few dead leaves on it during winter. - Marcia Straub/Getty Images The sound of the wind gently whispering through tree leaves during the winter might make you ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Winter will be here soon enough, but enjoy those gorgeous fall leaf colors along the Front Range before any snowflakes arrive. Reach back and recall your ...