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Fungi take up more mass than people—see how they stretch across the Earth
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solo slrpnk.net solo@slrpnk.net
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Scientists created the first-ever map of this vast underground fungal network and found it could stretch to the sun and back more than a billion times.

Global topsoils hold an estimated 110 quadrillion kilometers of fungal network, a distance equivalent to traveling to the sun and back a billion times.

The study: Global density and biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks

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RiceManatee lemmy.ca RiceManatee@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-03-31
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Thanks for providing the study link.
Fortunately I work at a university so can access it.

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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-03
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Why are the geographical boundaries of Poland so easily recognizable on the map of funghi density?

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CitizenKong lemmy.world CitizenKong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Why are the geographical boundaries of Poland so easily recognizable on the map of funghi density?

Might have something to do with this: https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C109008%2Cpoland-still-among-europes-most-polluted-particulate-matter-rises-expert-warns

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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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Might have something to do with this: https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C109008%2Cpoland-still-among-europes-most-polluted-particulate-matter-rises-expert-warns

Hmm perhaps, although I still wouldn't expect the border to be so well visible on the map. Because diffusion doesn't know political borders

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