This video shows real-time carbon flows inside a mycorrhizal network.
Mycorrhizal fungi form a symbiotic relationship with ~ 90% of terrestrial plants and have done so for 400 million years.
These specialized fungi provide plants with nutrients and water in exchange for carbon-based exudates the plant produces through photosynthesis.
Current estimates say that between 4 and 20 percent of all CO2 pulled in by plants ends up stored in mycorrhizal tissues.
Considering plants need to build an entire above-ground structure, a root system, and produce flowers, fruits, and seeds, this is an astounding amount of carbon to allocate to mycorrhizal biomass.
A recent review study estimates that global plant communities transfer 13.1 gigatons of CO2 to the underground mycelium of mycorrhizal fungi each year – equivalent to roughly 1/3 of annual CO2 emissions from fossil fuels.
The amount of time the carbon is locked up in fungi’s mycelium remains unknown. Nonetheless, the influx of such a massive amount of carbon into the soil is a boon for soil ecology, nutrient cycling, and the health of water cycles.
It is no wonder the formation of terrestrial ecosystems largely started with the mycorrhizal fungi/plant partnership.
Video credit: @rachaelcargill
Methane emissions from cattle and fossil fuels differ fundamentally and should not be conflated.
Methane emitted by cattle is part of a natural or biogenic cycle. Cattle transform existing carbon in the form of plants and fibrous material into methane through their digestive process. Once released, this methane breaks down after about ten years and becomes water and CO2 molecules. The CO2 and H2O are cycled back into new plant material and the cycle continues.
Fossil fuel emissions, unlike those from livestock, release long-sequestered carbon back into the atmosphere, disrupting the natural carbon cycle.
By lumping emissions from livestock together with those from fossil fuels, cattle are unfairly vilified when in reality they are an important tool for ecosystem restoration and a source of nutrient-dense sustenance.
A recent survey of crops from farms employing differing agronomy practices illustrates major nutritional variation in our food system.
For example, one has to eat 9x more poor-quality beets to equal the nutrition of 1 high-quality beet grown under optimal agronomic conditions.
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In the remote villages of the Himalaya , women farmers continue the #Chipko legacy . They are doing Chipko of the seed -saving & sharing seeds- reclaiming the commons of biodiversity & knowledge ,seeding the future
🚨🚨🚨Always EAT the seeds in your fruit!!
There is a tribe in northern Pakistan 🇵🇰 called ‘the Hunza’, “they NEVER GET CANCER”😳 - “When their tribe was first discovered, their AVERAGE AGE was 160 years old!!!!”😳😳
“The Hunza’s favourite food is APRICOT SEEDS!! They even make oil out of it and put it on their skin, they still look amazing at 70-80 years old!!!”😳
“Jason Veil teaches : CANCER CAN NOT SURVIVE IN A BODY of a person that consumes, APRICOT SEEDS”
Lol, guys……….I think we should look into apricot seeds!?👇👀
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Meet the amazing women of Garhwal who have inspired me . They have protected the forests & biodiversity since the days of the #ChipkoMovement .They continue to protect seeds,biodiversity & indigenous knowledge
#HimalayanEarthJourney 3rd to 7 th October 2023
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@HDFCERGOGIC@pmfby@AgriGoI Most worst service of HDFC ERGO , after 5 year continues premium paying , now saying due to 3 minor scratches on vehicle , we can’t provide insure your vehicle, never go for this company for vehicle , my 60-70k rupees of 5 year premium gone waste .
हमारे देश में 2021-22 में लगभग 20 हज़ार विद्यालय बंद हुए तथा लगभग 1.9 लाख शिक्षकों को अपनी नौकरी से हाथ धोना पड़ा. यह जानकारी बुधवार को राज्यसभा में शिक्षा राज्य मंत्री अन्नपूर्णा देवी ने दी है.1/6
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और नए बच्चो का जन्म होने की दर में 35% तक की कमी आई है।
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