“According to a study published in Current Biology, fungi play an important role in combating climate change by absorbing over a third of global fossil fuel emissions. The amount of carbon emissions absorbed by fungi is equivalent to China’s carbon pollution, surpassing the emissions of any other country, including the US. In terms of their biological characteristics, fungi, including mushrooms, are a part of a vast underground network present on every continent and are more similar to animals than plants. Providing a foundation for life on land and storing approximately 1/3 of the carbon from fossil fuel emissions, these underground … Continue reading How Fungi Are Saving the Planet from Carbon Chaos: Nature’s Hidden Heroes