News Climate ‘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 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 Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Maria Temming May 20, 2021 at 6:00 am 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.