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

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

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

Microbes living in tree bark consume vast amounts of climate-related and toxic gases, according to new research published Jan ...

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

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

Professor Greening added that the discovery could benefit both climate and human health. “In addition to being a climate-active gas, carbon monoxide is also a toxic air pollutant,” he said. “Tree ...

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

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

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