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Video of the Week
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May 11, 2012 |
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Mother Trees Connect the Forest
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This Mother’s Day, expand your notion of “mother.” In this real-life model of forest resilience and regeneration, Professor Suzanne Simard shows that all trees in a forest ecosystem are interconnected, with the largest, oldest, “mother trees” serving as hubs. The underground exchange of nutrients increases the survival of younger trees linked into the network of old trees. Amazingly, we find that in a forest, 1+1 equals more than 2. |
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