Kenyan fig trees are doing something remarkable: they’re converting carbon dioxide from the air into limestone-like rocks stored in their trunks and surrounding soil. This natural alchemy, discovered ...

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 ...

Learn about the ability of some fig trees to store atmospheric carbon dioxide and turn it into stone, a process that could push back against climate change. While all trees can mitigate climate change ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks – essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...