Why do Trees Talk to Each Other?
Walk into any forest, and beneath your feet is what helps make life on Earth possible.
Why do Trees Talk to Each Other? Be Smart
The “Wood Wide Web” is a massive and intricate network of fungi that exchange water, nutrients, and chemical signals with the plants they’re living in a symbiotic relationship with. This network of fungi is essential to the health and function of forests and to controlling climate change itself. You’re about to look at fungi in a whole new way!
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