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Avatar Had It Right All Along, Trees Communicate With Each Other
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December 15, 2014
by Keejaa Ramgotra | Epoch Times
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The forest works like a family, as it grows it passes on its wisdom and nutrients from one generation to the next to continue its legacy.
But how is this wisdom and nutrients passed on?
Right beneath the forest floor is a fungal ecosystem of inter-species communication.
(giphy.com)
Dr. Suzanne Simard, Ph.D, from the University of British Columbia is a forester who studies the communication of trees underground.
Suzanne Simard in the forest
She explains how fungi communicate the need for nutrient from one tree to another. Imagine that the fungi are like neurotransmitters in your brain, or they are the gasometer in your car letting you know that you are out of gas.
The fungal allies are able to determine where the need for carbon is greatest in the forest, and how to transfer it to create long-term balance. Even across vast distances of forest it is very likely to find fungi acting as collectors and distributors of photosynthesis.
The trees that catch your eye when you first step into the forest are the “mother trees.” They are the motherboard for communication and are connected to thousands of other trees. They are also the largest trees in the forest.
Mother trees, where did they go? (giphy.com)
Suzanne also explains how with the destruction of the forest that has resulted from rapid industrialization, we have interrupted a necessary transmission of knowledge and nutrients to the next generation of trees.
The forest works like a family, as it grows it passes on its wisdom and nutrients from one generation to the next to continue its legacy.
Dr. Suzanne Simard
All of this makes me wonder:
What will be the consequences of our reckless behavior and the interruption it has caused on the trees of the next generation?
Awesome, Life, Videos
December 15, 2014
by Keejaa Ramgotra | Epoch Times
(giphy.com) Avatar
The forest works like a family, as it grows it passes on its wisdom and nutrients from one generation to the next to continue its legacy.
But how is this wisdom and nutrients passed on?
Right beneath the forest floor is a fungal ecosystem of inter-species communication.
(giphy.com)
Dr. Suzanne Simard, Ph.D, from the University of British Columbia is a forester who studies the communication of trees underground.
Suzanne Simard in the forest
She explains how fungi communicate the need for nutrient from one tree to another. Imagine that the fungi are like neurotransmitters in your brain, or they are the gasometer in your car letting you know that you are out of gas.
The fungal allies are able to determine where the need for carbon is greatest in the forest, and how to transfer it to create long-term balance. Even across vast distances of forest it is very likely to find fungi acting as collectors and distributors of photosynthesis.
The trees that catch your eye when you first step into the forest are the “mother trees.” They are the motherboard for communication and are connected to thousands of other trees. They are also the largest trees in the forest.
Mother trees, where did they go? (giphy.com)
Suzanne also explains how with the destruction of the forest that has resulted from rapid industrialization, we have interrupted a necessary transmission of knowledge and nutrients to the next generation of trees.
The forest works like a family, as it grows it passes on its wisdom and nutrients from one generation to the next to continue its legacy.
Dr. Suzanne Simard
All of this makes me wonder:
What will be the consequences of our reckless behavior and the interruption it has caused on the trees of the next generation?
