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Scientists have mapped a vast underground network of microscopic fungi stretching an estimated 110 quadrillion kilometers across Earth's topsoil.
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researchers, Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)
What
Scientists have mapped a vast underground network of microscopic fungi stretching an estimated 110 quadrillion kilometers across Earth's topsoil.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:31:00 GMT · 4h 27m ago
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Why
This discovery, made using over 16,000 soil samples and advanced computer modelling, provides the most detailed global map yet of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
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These fungal networks are crucial for supporting plant life, storing carbon, and maintaining ecosystem health, with implications for climate change mitigation and food security; however, intensive agricultural practices are causing their decline.
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