Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and help combat ...

Metagenomic sequencing of tree bark microbiota indicated their ability to process some atmospheric gases, highlighting their ...

Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study published today (24 July) in Nature. While trees have long been known to benefit climate by ...

Key pointsResearchers have revealed trillions of microbes live in the bark of every tree Tree microbes clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic ...

Learn how the trillions of microbes harbored in tree bark can help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.