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University of Texas: Climate-Friendly Microbes Chomp Dead Plants Without Releasing Heat-Trapping Methane
April 24, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, April 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:

The tree of life just got a little bigger: A team of scientists from the U.S. and China has identified an entirely new group of microbes quietly living in hot springs, geothermal systems and hydrothermal sediments around the world. The microbes appear to be playing an important role in the global carbon cycle by helping break down decaying plants without producing the greenhouse gas methan . . .

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