A surprising new climate benefit has been found in tree bark. Scientists from @uniofoxford.bsky.social@ymalhi.bsky.socialyoutu.be/dAtfqYTyjcs.
This short video explains the discovery of methane absorption by tree bark (filmed in Rwanda’s Nyungwe tropical rainforest) Paper released in Nature today, 2...
They reveal that microbes living in bark, or in the wood itself are removing atmospheric methane on a scale equal to or above that of soil, making trees 10% more beneficial for climate overall than previously thought. naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk?post_type=news
Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, is among an international team of colleagues who have found tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere.