Martin Schaefer, one of the scientists I wrote about in my recent post on autumn leaves, has joined the comment thread and kindly answered some questions about his work. Check it out.
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Beau Schaefer is a biology teacher in an Illinois public school.
A new autumn has brought another burst of red and yellow leaves. And it has also brought an interesting new idea about why trees put on this show every year.
This discussion about why leaves turned color helped inspire a poem which is at:
http://theforcethat.blogspot.com/2006/11/fall-leaves.html
Enjoy..I hope.