Fungi have often, and undeservedly, been perceived as inferior to the plant and animal kingdoms, but these microorganisms have the potential to help rescue the world from the devastating effects of climate change. Via wireduk
Just under our feet, there’s a universe of fungi that has made life on Earth possible. These master recyclers release nutrients that sustain all plant life and sequester carbon in the soil by capturing it from the air. The top meter of the world’s soils containsas the entire atmosphere, making it a major carbon sink, alongside forests and oceans.
Researchers are identifying the best fungi, out of an estimated trillion different microbial species, for storing huge levels of carbon underground. The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks , a nonprofit group of scientists, has been mapping the world’s huge underground webs of fungi.
In 2023, farmers will start to use such commercial fungi-based products to fight climate change. Farmers in Australia are now applying one such product to their seeds before they plant crops. It is made up of beneficial fungi that grow in the roots of the plants after they germinate. The plant draws carbon dioxide from the air and produces simple sugars via photosynthesis; the fungi convert these into complex and longer-lasting carbon compounds.
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