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Health & Science44m ago

Scientists have mapped a dense network of thread-like fungi just beneath the Earth’s surface.

across an array of biomes, grasslands of South Sudan, the Everglades in Florida, Tibetan plateau

Who
Scientists, Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), Justin Stewart, Dr. Corentin Bisot, Merlin Sheldrake
What
Scientists have mapped a dense network of thread-like fungi just beneath the Earth’s surface.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:34:59 GMT · 44m ago
Where
across an array of biomes, grasslands of South Sudan, the Everglades in Florida, Tibetan plateau ·
Why
This study is an exciting step towards understanding how this planetary circulatory system operates and suggests ways that we can better work with fungi to help address many of the unfolding challenges of our times, from food security to climate change.
The Frontline Impact

How this affects you

This newly mapped global fungal network transports water and nutrients to most plant species and sequesters billions of tons of carbon annually, influencing global food security and climate change mitigation efforts.

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    Scientists have mapped a dense network of thread-like fungi just beneath the Earth’s surface.
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    For the first time, scientists have produced a global map of the planet’s underground fungal network, which is so immense that, were it stretched out, it would be more than a billion times greater than the distance to the Sun from the Earth.
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    Scientists have produced the first global map of the planet’s underground fungal network.
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