Planting trees has long been touted as a major tool in the fight against climate change. And on the surface, that makes a lot ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

Some fig trees can convert atmospheric CO2 into calcium carbonate, a process known as the oxalate carbonate pathway, ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still ...

But on a fig tree the flowers themselves are tucked inside an unripe fruit. It’s an inside-out bouquet of up to 10,000 tiny flowers packed in a tight orb. When the wasp eggs hatch, ...

ANSWER: Figs trees are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood cuttings taken this month. Cut 10- to 12-inch pieces from the ends of branches. You may plant several fig cuttings together in a ...