I listened to the Ted Radio Hour on NPR and this was amazing. Trees don’t compete as much as cooperate, collaborate, and share resources using a network of fungi:
How Do Trees Collaborate?
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Wood wide web’—the underground network of microbes that connects trees—mapped for first time
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Trees, from the mighty redwoods to slender dogwoods, would be nothing without their microbial sidekicks. Millions of species of fungi and bacteria swap nutrients between soil and the roots of trees, forming a vast, interconnected web of organisms throughout the woods. Now, for the first time, scientists have mapped this “wood wide web” on a global scale, using a database of more than 28,000 tree species living in more than 70 countries.
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The Secrets of the Wood Wide Web
In London’s Epping Forest, a scientist named Merlin eavesdrops on trees’ underground conversations.
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How Do Trees Collaborate?
Suzanne Simard: How Do Trees Collaborate?
Ecologist Suzanne Simard shares how she discovered that trees use underground fungi networks to communicate and share resources, uprooting the idea that nature constantly competes for survival.
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Wood wide web’—the underground network of microbes that connects trees—mapped for first time
‘Wood wide web'—the underground network of microbes that connects trees—mapped for first time
Global census of forest fungi suggests warming could trigger soil carbon bomb
Trees, from the mighty redwoods to slender dogwoods, would be nothing without their microbial sidekicks. Millions of species of fungi and bacteria swap nutrients between soil and the roots of trees, forming a vast, interconnected web of organisms throughout the woods. Now, for the first time, scientists have mapped this “wood wide web” on a global scale, using a database of more than 28,000 tree species living in more than 70 countries.
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The Secrets of the Wood Wide Web
In London’s Epping Forest, a scientist named Merlin eavesdrops on trees’ underground conversations.
The Secrets of the Wood Wide Web
Recent scientific revelations raise big questions about what trading, sharing, or even friendship might mean among plants.
