Bugs Trafficing Carbon Underground

The exchange of carbon underground is ten times greater than carbon produced by burning fossil fuels. There is a particular fungi located on almost 80% of plant roots that is assisting in the trafficing of carbon. This fungi produces filaments that spread widely throughout the soil and help the plants take in water and phosphates. The major pathways produced by fungi lets the carbon travel from the plants to the soil more readily. The discovery of this fungi helps researchers determine what what preserves a healthy soil and providesrecycled carbon for supporting below ground biodiversity. It will alsoopen up a new understanding of the food-webs and nutrient flow in soil which is fundamental to sustainable agriculture.