By Ruth Kamnitzer Microbes living in tree bark consume vast amounts of climate-related and toxic gases, according to new ...

Scientists in Australia spent five years peering into the microscopic world of bark, emerging with a description of a place ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.

Many of the microbes living in bark can live off various gases. This is a process recently coined as “aerotrophy”, as in “air ...

It has been discovered that the bark of trees contains billions of tiny organisms that help purify the air and remove ...

Researchers find that microbes on tree bark can alter greenhouse and toxic gases, shaping climate and air quality beyond ...

Professor Greening added that the discovery could benefit both climate and human health. “In addition to being a ...

Trees are known for capturing carbon dioxide as they grow. But they also soak up other gases implicated in climate change through microbes in their bark. The tree bark microbes feast on hydrogen, ...

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