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A new paper published in Science by an international team from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) revealed that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form a vast, 68 quadrillion-mile matrix in the planet's topsoil.
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international team of researchers from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)
What
A new paper published in Science by an international team from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) revealed that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form a vast, 68 quadrillion-mile matrix in the planet's topsoil.
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:02:05 GMT · 3h 10m ago
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Why
The fungi gather water and nutrients for plants in exchange for carbon-rich sugars, extending plant root reach and collectively containing around 300 megatons of carbon.
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This discovery highlights a vastly overlooked carbon storage system containing approximately 300 megatons of carbon and underscores the critical role of these fungal networks in sustaining over 70% of terrestrial plant species and planetary balance.
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