Jul 24, 2024
Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study published 24 July in Nature.
Turns out that microbes living on tree bark can absorb methane!
"By studying methane exchange between the atmosphere and the tree bark at multiple heights, they were able to show that while at soil level the trees were likely to emit a small amount of methane, from a couple of meters up the direction of exchange switches and methane from the atmosphere is consumed."
