Though the focus of his expertise is firmly rooted underground, Victor Lucero spends many hours each year working for the New ...

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

Scientists are uncovering a hidden ally in the fight against climate change and air pollution: the microscopic communities ...

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

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

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...

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