Read more trees stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1001/trees.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:57:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72417/biofuel-laws-make-no-sense-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBiofuel laws around the world actually encourage harming the environment, prominent scientists argue in the latest issue of Science . Under the Kyoto Treaty, in laws throughout Europe, and in the bill that passed the US House, biofuels count as carbon-neutral, on the theory that the plants the fuel is made...http://www.newser.com/story/72417/biofuel-laws-make-no-sense-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 10:18:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65504/disease-threatens-florida-oranges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlorida’s orange growers face a powerful adversary in a disease know by its shorthand of HLB that causes citrus trees to “green”—produce only sour, misshapen fruit, Scientific American reports. With every county in the state affected, the citrus industry has dedicated $10 million this year alone to research on...http://www.newser.com/story/65504/disease-threatens-florida-oranges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 17:01:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54736/chew-on-this-biodegradable-gum-hits-stores.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first widely available biodegradable chewing gum hits British stores today. Chicza Rainforest Gum is manufactured in Mexico from the sap of the chicle tree collected by a cooperative network of chicleros, or gum farmers. Unlike regular gum, Chicza uses no petrochemicals, isn't sticky, and dries up and crumbles to...http://www.newser.com/story/54736/chew-on-this-biodegradable-gum-hits-stores.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 6:14:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44432/barbies-of-the-future-may-grow-on-trees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWooden toys may not be so 1850s, scientists say. A bioplastic made from trees has been used to make everything from golf tees to car parts in recent years, but its sulfurous stink kept it out of the toy market. Now a sulfur-free version of "liquid wood" is available, and...http://www.newser.com/story/44432/barbies-of-the-future-may-grow-on-trees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Dec 2008 14:31:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42828/nuke-tests-left-mark-on-trees-people.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists can now carbon-date baby boomers by detecting atomic bomb residue in their DNA, NPR reports. Turns out that carbon-14 released during above-ground nuclear tests in the 1950s and '60s hung around, then was absorbed into living tissue, experts say. Evidence, in the form of extra carbon neutrons, has been...http://www.newser.com/story/42828/nuke-tests-left-mark-on-trees-people.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Nov 2008 16:04:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33202/disease-stalks-floridas-palms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mystery disease is eating away at the sabal palm, Florida’s state tree, and scientists say the prospects of successfully fighting the disease are slim. The AP reports that an increasing number of the trees, which can grow up to 50 feet tall, have suffered collapsed canopies. "There's going to...http://www.newser.com/story/33202/disease-stalks-floridas-palms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Jul 2008 17:10:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32546/pine-beetles-eat-through-western-forests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe biggest infestation of mountain pine beetles in decades is devastating huge tracts of forest in the Western states, USA Today reports; forestry workers say the bugs are killing even more trees than the wildfires ravaging California's forests. The larvae consume the inner bark of trees, usually lodgepole pines, killing...http://www.newser.com/story/32546/pine-beetles-eat-through-western-forests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Jul 2008 12:51:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32231/italian-cooks-up-eggplant-and-tomato-tree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Sicilian amateur botanist claims to have developed a plant hybrid that functions as the world’s first tomato/eggplant tree, ANSA reports. Taking advantage of the fact that all three share the same genus, Giuseppe Marino grafted tomato and eggplant tissue onto a devil’s fig shrub, a hardy plant that can...http://www.newser.com/story/32231/italian-cooks-up-eggplant-and-tomato-tree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Jul 2008 14:12:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30898/warming-will-kill-66-of-calif-plants-within-century.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf California’s climate warms significantly in the next 100 years the consequences could be grave for the majority of the state’s native plants, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A team of scientists from UC Berkeley and Duke found that up to 66% of the state’s plants wouldn’t have time to...http://www.newser.com/story/30898/warming-will-kill-66-of-calif-plants-within-century.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jun 2008 13:49:00 CDT