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  • Illustration of three kids in a woodchip plant watching a conveyor belt move woodchips.
    One of the historic uses of wood was for heating. In recent years, however, most heating in the United States…
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    A Chip Off the Old Block: Using Wood Energy to Heat Schools

  • PDF preview of Everything But the Carbon Sink article cover.
    The scientists in this study were interested in environmental changes occuring in the Southern United States. The scientists were interested…
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    Everything but the Carbon Sink: Carbon Storage in the Southern United States

  • Illustration of scientist taking notes on a tree in the summer time in one half, and the other half during the winter.
    Sunlight is the source of energy for plants, which create food through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs in the foliage, or the…
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    Finding Ways to Soak Up the Rays: Lodgepole Pine Adaptation to Different Environmental Conditions

  • PDF preview of the Spanish version of "Finding Ways to Soak Up the Rays"
    Sunlight is the source of energy for plants, which create food through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs in the foliage, or the…
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    Finding Ways to Soak Up the Rays: Lodgepole Pine Adaptation to Different Environmental Conditions (Spanish)

  • Cover of the Hidden in Plain Sight article
    In this study, researchers worked with middle and high school students to collect moss samples around industrial neighborhoods in Seattle,…
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    Hidden in Plain Sight – Using Moss to Detect Air Pollution and Engage Civic Scientists

  • Illustration of two kids, standing back to back, both writing on notebooks. In the background are two other kids that are measuring the trunk width of two trees.
    Pine trees cover much of the Southeastern United States. When older pine trees are cut for making wood products, only…
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    How Now Round Crown? Predicting the Energy Future of Tree Crowns

  • Cover of the Koa Constrictors article. It's a photo of the top of the tree.
    Koa is one of the most valued of tropical woods. A particular type of koa tree, called Acacia koa, is…
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    Koa Constrictors: Studying Things That Slow the Growth of Koa Crop Trees

  • A black and white drawing of three piles of leaves; each holding a sign. One says "Grade A", one says "Choice", and one says "Economy".
    In this study, the scientists studied trees growing on Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean Sea. The scientists wanted…
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    Leaf Me Alone! The Movement of Nutrients Between Trees and the Soil

  • Graphic from Leaf Me ALone! article featuring worms holding up picket signs
    In this study, the scientists studied trees growing on Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean Sea. The scientists wanted…
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    Leaf Me Alone! The Movement of Nutrients Between Trees and the Soil (Spanish)

  • The cover of "The GLAS Is Half Full" featuring an illustration of a Landsat satellite.
    The scientists wanted to know if the information gathered by satellites was as good as the information they would get…
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    The GLAS Is Half Full: Satellites and Changing Tropical Forests

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    Test your knowledge on archeology, biomass, and dendrochronology.
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    Word Search – Climate Change

  • Finding Ways to Soak up the Rays Word Search.
    Test your knowledge on photosynthesis, biomass, and elevation.
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    Word Search – Finding Ways to Soak Up the Rays