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‘Tree farts’ contribute about a fifth of greenhouse gases from ghost forests

The findings are helping researchers get a detailed accounting of the planet’s carbon budget

tree trunks in shallow water

Ghost forests (one pictured in North Carolina) are coastal woodlands drowned by sea level rise. These arboreal cemeteries emit greenhouse gases from their soils and dead trees.

M. Ardón

By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

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If a tree farts in the forest, does it make a sound? No, but it does add a smidge of greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.