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Tree-bark microbes can clean air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases

Scientists are uncovering a hidden ally in the fight against climate change and air pollution: the microscopic communities ...
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We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

What we discovered has changed how we think about trees. Bark was long assumed to be largely biologically inert in relation ...
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Trees might be doing more for air quality than we thought

Researchers find that microbes on tree bark can alter greenhouse and toxic gases, shaping climate and air quality beyond ...
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Tree bark microbes offer hidden climate benefits by consuming greenhouse gases: study

Scientists in Australia have discovered that tree bark hosts trillions of microbes that help remove greenhouse and toxic gases from the atmosphere. This reveals a hidden climate benefit beyond carbon ...
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Trees reveal climate surprise – bark removes methane from the atmosphere

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 ...
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Tree bark removes atmospheric methane, study finds

New research suggests trees’ bark, along with their resident microbes, may play a significant role in reducing atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Trees have long been recognized for their ...