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Quanta Magazine· Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin·· 12 天前AI 评分31

真菌如何维持地球健康?

How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

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菌根真菌在地下与植物根系交换矿物,每年封存130亿吨大气二氧化碳,约相当于全球化石燃料排放的三分之一。这一交易系统同时让土壤变得更肥沃。科学家对这类真菌的了解仍在继续。

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People may think of soil as just dirt, but it is anything but inert. Beneath your feet, a vast network of mycorrhizal fungi is hard at work, trading minerals with plant roots. This trading system helps enrich the soil, and it sequesters 13 billion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide each year — roughly equivalent to one-third of the world’s fossil-fuel emissions. Scientists know that these fungi…

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来源:Quanta Magazine · quantamagazine.org

原文链接:https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-do-fungi-keep-the-planet-healthy-20261015/