Space Daily August 22, 2026 • 11:45

Trees are connected by fungal threads beneath the soil, trading carbon and chemical signals in ways scientists are still arguing over — including whether a dying tree can pass part of itself into the forest before it goes - Space Daily

Beneath the forest floor, trees may be trading resources and secrets through fungal networks—but scientists are still feuding over how the system actually works.

Feed a birch seedling air laced with a rare form of carbon, wait nine days, and some of that carbon turns up inside a fir tree standing a few metres away.
That result came out of a British Columbia … [+5097 chars]

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Trees are connected by fungal threads beneath the soil, trading carbon and chemical signals in ways scientists are still arguing over — including whether a dying tree can pass part of itself into the forest before it goes - Space Daily

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