Bark Busters Tree Service Formalizes Storm Response Procedures Across Hamilton County

HARRISON, TN - January 13, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Bark Busters Tree Service has formalized a storm response protocol ...
USA Today

Are trees really exploding in the severe cold? Sort of

Severe cold temperatures hitting much of the country this week could branch out − literally. As people brace for the winter weather, some social media posts in recent days have warned of the chance ...
KXLY 4 News

Bark beetles threaten Spokane pine trees: What homeowners need to know

SPOKANE, Wash. — After the city removed nearly 200 pine trees from public parks and golf courses due to bark beetle infestations, Spokane homeowners need to know how to protect the pine trees in their ...
Star Tribune

Birch trees’ thin white bark helps with winter photosynthesis

Bright and white against blue skies, paper birch trees (Betula papyrifera) liven up the winter landscape, especially when contrasted against green conifers, which have made them darlings of seasonal ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

An often fatal mistake Texas homeowners make when planting trees in their yard

One of the things I’ve never understood is why so few landscape contractors and nursery workers wrap the trunks of newly planted trees. It could make a giant improvement in the survival rate of their ...
Mongabay

Hidden heroes: Australian tree bark microbes consume greenhouse & toxic gases

A new study carried out in Australia finds that the bark of common tree species holds diverse microbial communities, with trillions of microbes living on every tree. The research determined that many ...
Sarnia Observer

GARDEN CLIPPINGS: Tree bark takes on different forms, colours, textures

When we think of bark on a tree, we tend to compare it to the skin of a human. The primary function of both bark and skin is to protect the material within and beneath it. In Grade 7, we learned that ...
Australian Geographic

Microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases

The discovery means trees affect the climate in more ways than we previously realised. We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and ...
technologynetworks

Tree Bark Microbes Help Clean the Air by Removing Greenhouse and Toxic Gases

Australian researchers co-led by Southern Cross University have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. The trees' bark harbours trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse ...
ZME Science

Microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and help combat climate change. Now, for the first time, our research has uncovered the ...
The Conversation

We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

Luke Jeffrey receives funding from the Australian Research Council through an ARC DECRA Fellowship. Chris Greening receives funding from the Australian Research Council, National Health & Medical ...