Tag: methane

Tag: methane

Microbes in Tree Bark Capture Gases

Over time, several scientific studies have discovered that microbes in tree bark feast on hydrogen, methane and carbon monoxide. For a long time, people have known that trees capture carbon dioxide as they grow. But it took several studies, some of them in Australia, to show that microbes in tree bark eat those other gases

White Spruce Trees Take Root in Alaska Tundra

White spruce trees are beautiful coniferous trees that look kind of like Christmas trees. They can grow up to 100 feet tall, and they grow across North America. They are cone bearing seed plants. One place they have not been known to grow is on the Arctic tundra in Alaska. When shadows in northwest Alaska