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5mo ago

Trees reveal climate surprise: Microbes living in bark remove methane from the atmosphere

phys.org Trees reveal climate surprise: Microbes living in bark remove methane from the atmosphere

Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study published 24 July in Nature.

Trees reveal climate surprise: Microbes living in bark remove methane from the atmosphere

Original study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07592-w

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Somehow I'm not too shocked that nature has created self-balancing biomes and microbiomes across... Well everything. In some sense, isn't the collective biome of life on Earth the very definition of "nature"?
We are all connected.
- We're trying very hard to disconnect, though.