Winter bugs called snow fleas are born in icy waters and feed on algae that grows on snow. Spring-tails are also called snow fleas and they leap around on snow banks. They eat the sap which oozes from trees. Spring-tails look very similar to fossils of 300 million years ago!
A perfect excuse
A perfect excuse A new report suggests that the trees in the US
absorb almost as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as the
nation produces. It is feared that politicians may use this report
to try and avoid meeting the country's carbon dioxide emission
reduction commitment. A number of scientists disagree with the
report's results. 24 OCTOBER 1998, P. 5
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