Though the focus of his expertise is firmly rooted underground, Victor Lucero spends many hours each year working for the New ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

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

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

We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and help combat ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...