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Earth's underground fungal network could stretch a billion times farther than the distance to the sun

Fungi are cool. I don’t care what anyone says, they’re incredible, diverse and a little awe-inspiring. If you don’t feel the same then the results of this latest study may change your mind. For the ...
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Scientists mapped a 110 quadrillion-km fungal network beneath our feet

The networks form Earth's "circulatory system." ...
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There’s an unfathomably huge network of fungi lurking beneath the Earth

Deep beneath your feet, there is a vast, sprawling, unfathomably huge network of fungi that, when laid end to end, would ...
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Earth Networks Selected to Protect Argentina’s Air Space and Airport Operations

GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Earth Networks today announced it was selected to provide lightning detection, severe weather early warning services and airport alerting to Empresa Argentina de ...
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One billion times the distance from the Earth to the sun: First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet

Mycorrhizal fungi form underground networks that sustain plant life and help regulate Earth’s climate by drawing carbon into soils. In a study published today in Science, an international team of ...

68 Quadrillion Miles: Scientists Map Earth’s Vast Hidden Fungal Network for the First Time

The first global map of underground fungal networks reveals a hidden 68 quadrillion-mile superhighway that helps sustain life ...