🌿 Environment Jul 25, 2025 · Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

Earth’s Underground Fungi Networks Need Urgent Protection: Study

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Earth’s Underground Fungi Networks Need Urgent Protection: Study
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The underground fungi networks that help sustain Earth’s ecosystems are in need of urgent conservation action, according to researchers from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN).



The scientists found that 90 percent of mycorrhizal fungi biodiversity hotspots were located in unprotected ecosystems, the loss of which could lead to lower carbon emissions reduction rates, crop productivity and reduce the resilience of ecosystems to climate extremes.



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