{"id":247294,"date":"2024-07-24T18:36:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T18:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/trees-have-an-extra-climate-benefit-thanks-to-methane-eating-microbes\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:02","slug":"trees-have-an-extra-climate-benefit-thanks-to-methane-eating-microbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/trees-have-an-extra-climate-benefit-thanks-to-methane-eating-microbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-eating microbes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manu National Park in Peru, where some measurements were taken for the study<\/p>\n

Vincent Gauci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Microbes living in the bark of trees are absorbing methane from the air, making trees about 10 per cent better for the climate than previously thought.<\/p>\n

Methane is a greenhouse gas<\/a> that is responsible for about a quarter of human-caused global warming.<\/p>\n

Scientists have already shown that some trees growing in water-logged soils can emit methane<\/a> that was generated underground. But the presence of methane-eating microbes known as methanotrophs in tree bark suggests trees could also be a net sink for atmospheric methane.<\/p>\n

Methanotrophs\u00a0consume methane\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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