“The numbers we’ve uncovered are jaw-dropping,” Field added.
Mycorrhizal fungi carbon banks store 13 gigatons of air pollution underground annually. That’s almost how many polluting gases China provides the planet each year.
Fungi pulled down 36 percent of global fossil fuel emissions.
Mycorrhizal fungi live in vast networks underground on every continent while in a symbiotic relationship with plants. The plants turn air pollution into sugars. The fungi, entwined with the plants’ roots, feed on the sugars. In turn, according to Sheffield’s description of the relationship, they provide the plants with the nutrients they need to survive.
While it’s not news that these networks are crucial to biodiversity, “now we have even more evidence that they are crucial to the health of our planet,” Field added.
She wants protections for this ancient process, and it’s a good idea, but what protections will globalists come up with?
