Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals
www.eurekalert.org Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals
Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions below ground - more than China emits each year
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Mycelium is pretty rad stuff. Strong, sustainable, degradeable, and is a carbon vacuum.
How well does it compare as a carbon sink versus wood?
We stuff "cellulose" into so many products, especially food. If mycelium is more efficient, maybe it could replace some of that wood pulp.
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