Science News for Kids » trees http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fungi as carbon keepers http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/fungi-as-carbon-keepers/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/fungi-as-carbon-keepers/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:40:46 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16404 A recent study of forested Swedish islands found that tiny fungi in the soil store most of the carbon found in the forest floor. Credit: Photo courtesy of Karina Clemmensen

A common type of fungus stores most of a forest floor’s carbon underground]]> A recent study of forested Swedish islands found that tiny fungi in the soil store most of the carbon found in the forest floor. Credit: Photo courtesy of Karina Clemmensen

A common type of fungus stores most of a forest floor’s carbon underground]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/fungi-as-carbon-keepers/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Green Science http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/cool-jobs-green-science/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/cool-jobs-green-science/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:36:50 +0000 Sharon Oosthoek http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15989 White spruce grow across northern North America, from Alaska to Labrador. As Arctic temperatures rise, spruce are spreading even farther north. Credit: Mark W. Skinner at USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

Scientists get at the root (and stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed) of the relationship between plants and their environment]]> White spruce grow across northern North America, from Alaska to Labrador. As Arctic temperatures rise, spruce are spreading even farther north. Credit: Mark W. Skinner at USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

Scientists get at the root (and stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed) of the relationship between plants and their environment]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/cool-jobs-green-science/feed/ 0 Shoulder bones fuel debate http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:47:06 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14895 This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/feed/ 0