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Providing even more climate benefits than previously thought, researchers just discovered trees also absorb methane
It’s general knowledge that trees are excellent at sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, locking it in their trunks and branches, and storing it long-term.
Now, a new large-scale study also found that tree bark absorbs the greenhouse gas methane. While methane doesn’t last as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, it does trap significantly more heat in Earth’s atmosphere. This discovery shows that forests provide even more climate benefits than previously thought.
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A family-owned restaurant in the Bronx is distributing over 500 free meals a day to recently arrived immigrants
In 2009, after immigrating from Oaxaca, Mexico in 1992, Natalia Méndez and her husband, Antonio Saavedra rented a space in the Bronx borough of New York City to open a restaurant — La Morada.
At first, it operated like a standard restaurant, until Natalia realized that New Yorkers were going to need to eat during the pandemic. So, they started making “the root soup” based on beets, carrots, potatoes, and anything that grows underground.
On the first day, the free soup meals were gone in an hour, and eventually, they were making upwards of 800 meals a day — distributing 5,000 in a week.
And the concept stuck. In addition to its standard menu items, including enchiladas, tacos, stuffed chiles, nachos, and more — La Morada gives out more than 500 meals for free every day to newly arrived immigrants in the city. Natalia calls herself the “mother to all those who are hungry.”
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I'm so inspired by the family behind La Morada restaurant — they saw a problem and used what they had to make a real, tangible difference.
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