forests of the underground': Why scientists want to map the
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“These fungal networks have been a global blind spot in conservation and climate agendas," said Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist and professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Vast networks of microscopic, underground fungi serve a crucial role in Earth’s ecosystems — and there’s a lot we don’t know about them.
This is additional taxonomy that helps us with analytics
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Lasers Are Mapping Scotland's Mysterious Iron Age Passages
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They planted a forest at the edge of the desert. From there it got
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Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet
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forests of the underground': Why scientists want to map the
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New Environmental Assessment Reveals Fascinating Alternatives to
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The Sweet Song Of The Pando, The Largest Tree On Earth
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Cyborg Earth and the Technological Embryogenesis of the Biosphere
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Global Map Revealing the Vast Underground Network that Connects
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How Are Maps Used in Science? : Montana Science Partnership
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Listen to the Language of the Trees: A story of how forests
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Exploring the underground connections between trees
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Can Mushrooms Talk to Each Other?