🌿 Join us to learn about the newly published “The diversity of Ficus” in @AnnBot by Simon Segar and co-authors. (1/10)
#PlantScience #Botany #Ficus #FigTrees #PlantEvolution #AoBpapers
5-Jul-2025
Fig trees convert atmospheric #CO2 to stone
Some species of #figTrees store #calciumCarbonate in their trunks – essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss scientists found that the trees could draw carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store it as calcium carbonate ‘rocks’ in the surrounding soil.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089863
#science #carbonSequestration #environment #climateCatastrophe
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks – essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss scientists found that the trees could draw carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store it as calcium carbonate ‘rocks’ in the surrounding soil.