Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone. This ‘auto-petrification’ may offer a strange new way to reduce human carbon emissions, as the mineral created by the trees has a much longer lifespan than organic carbon absorbed and deposited in its root system. An international team of […]
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By Turning Themselves to Stone, These Remarkable Fig Trees Sequester CO2 Far Longer Than Normal
