Underground fungal networks store five times more carbon than humans
A vast web of ancient fungi stretches across 110 quadrillion kilometers of soil, acting as a massive circulatory system that sustains most of the world's plants.
Just beneath the Earth's surface lies a hidden infrastructure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. These ancient organisms form a symbiotic relationship with about 70 percent of all plant species, exchanging water and vital nutrients for carbon. This network is so expansive that it spans an estimated 110 quadrillion kilometers, a distance equivalent to traveling from the Earth to the sun a billion times over.
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