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Professor Peng Donghai of Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei province, has received a top award in recognition ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.

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Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbours trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.

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Scientists have captured 1.4-billion-year-old air bubbles, revealing something totally unexpected.

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Learn how the trillions of microbes harbored in tree bark can help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.