Why the forest is more than the trees SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Walk into any forest, and beneath your feet is an elaborate social network that helps make life on Earth possible. It’s called the “Wood Wide Web”, a massive and intricate network of fungi that exchange water, nutrients, and chemical signals with the plants they’re living in a symbiotic relationship with. This network of fungi is essential to the health and function of forests and to controlling climate change itself. You’re about to look at fungi in a whole new way! #plants #fungi #woodwideweb SOURCES: sites.google.com/view/woodwideweb-references/home ----------- FOLLOW US for more curiosity: Twitter www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Books from our episodes: smart-books.tumblr.com/

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