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Global Study Reveals a Powerful Hidden Way Trees Are Fighting Climate Change


Tree bark in the world's forests absorbs the greenhouse gas methane, my colleagues and I have demonstrated for the first time on a global scale – a discovery that could have big implications for tackling climate change.

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