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

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

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

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

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...

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

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

Microbes are little alchemists that perform all manner of chemical reactions. A team of microbiologists co-founded a ...

Ancient microbial activity preserved in deep seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where fragile traces of early ...