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

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

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

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

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

Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species ...

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