Find out the latest in forestry news in this week’s Forest Digest! This week, each article corresponds to the element of earth as part of our Earth Month campaign and why #WeNeedForests.
- The Microscopic Critters in the Soil Are Essential for Healthy Ecosystems, but Climate Chance Is Threatening Their Existence — Alternet.org
With climate change affecting every aspect of our forests, here’s a look at how it may be impacting the microbes found in soil, which play an important role in sustaining a healthy forest ecosystem. - NASA just developed a way of detecting underground fungi – from space — ZMEScience.com
A group of researchers from NASA has developed a method for analyzing fungi underneath forests using satellite imagery in order to better understand forest development. - The Wood Wide Web — The Atlantic
The results of a multi-year study reveal that different species of trees can exchange vast amounts of carbon via the fungi web connecting their roots. - New tool reveals role of ancestry in soil communities of bacteria — Phys.org
A new tool is helping researchers at Northern Arizona University to closely analyze the differences in bacterial activity throughout intact soil communities.
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