Summary.

“[In the process of continuous research], a team of scientists led by Christian Körner [found out] that trees of different species exchange huge amounts of carbon via the fungal internet, [the wood-wide web], that connects their roots”, states the Yong, Ed.  in the beginning of the “The Wood Wide Web” article. According to the author, scientists that appear in the article used special equipment to organize it on the five wild spruces by making on their tubes “a series of tiny holes, which pumped out carbon dioxide”. The “end results” of that research were fascinating, and so it made scientists abroad continue it all around the world. Eventually, with the development and new understanding they came up with the conclusion that this process happens due to the existence of fungi Mycorrhiza which inhabits roots of the plants and it “provides phosphorus and nitrogen in exchange for carbon-based sugars” of the plants. It is truly fascinating research which proves the fact that our planet is unique in all sorts of ways, from the living organisms that exist on it, to the particular, strange and interesting way they communicate, exchange and deliver.

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