We’ve discovered the world’s trees absorb methane – so forests are even more important in the climate fight than we thought

By Vincent Gauci, Professorial Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham

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.

As trees photosynthesise, their leaves take up carbon dioxide (CO₂) and lock it away as biomass in their trunks and branches providing a long-term store of carbon. But now, our large-scale study proves that there’s another way that trees absorb greenhouse gases – so forests can provide even…

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