I am a bit late in sharing this but here is Karina Clemmensen and my New Phytologist commentary on the excellent work by Camille Defrenne et al.: Thinking about fungi after peatlands are drained and tree's colonise:

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Peat loss collocates with a threshold in plant–mycorrhizal associations in drained peatlands encroached by trees
Defrenne et al. Camille Defrenne Jessica Moore Randy Kolka Jason Keller

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Just published! Why we need to need living trees.
Continuous root forestry—Living roots sustain the belowground ecosystem and soil carbon in managed forests. TAMM review authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S03…

“Out of the Lab and Into the Streets”: Meet Earth Scientist Fired After Engaging in Climate Protests democracynow.org/2023/1/19/rose…

Thanks Rose Abramoff Rose Abramoff Scientist Rebellion #ScientistRebellion - Scientist loses her job at Oak Ridge National Lab after #climateprotests and is asking why #EarthScientists who should be screaming from mountaintops are muzzled. wbur.fm/3XOPuwL via Here & Now

'With everything so deeply interconnected, what impacts one species is bound to impact others.' 🌳🌱🌲🌱🌴

@camilledefrenne and Suzanne Simard bring to life the vast root system and intricate communication of trees.

Via @ted_ed
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Insights into Forest Ecosystem Belowground Processes and Functioning in a Changing Environment 😊frontiersin.org/research-topic…

🍄+🌲+ peatlands! We found that the relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal #fungi with 'expensive' traits was linked to seedling annual ring width along drained #peatland gradients. doi.org/10.1007/s00572…

This article is part of our new special feature, The World of Underground Ecology in a Changing Environment, guest edited by Dr Moira Hough and Elsa Abs online.ucpress.edu/elementa/pages…

Fungal networks underpin life on earth. Help us spread the word by joining SPUN - the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks spun.earth

A massive initiative with Colin Averill Merlin Sheldrake, and so many more SPUN theguardian.com/science/2021/n…

Our new GCB paper is out!
Tana Wood Sasha Reed @BenBranoff
Molly Cavaleri @norbyrj

Experimental warming and its legacy effects on root dynamics following two hurricane disturbances in a wet tropical forest onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Mycorrhizal #fungi enable plants to thrive in boreal #peatlands , supporting their contribution to climate regulation.

High-resolution minirhizotrons allow an unprecedented glimpse below the bog surface 👇

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Camille Defrenne Dr. Colleen Iversen (She/Her)

A very cool new special issue on #Mycorrhizas from Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐!

Check out the paper led by Camille Defrenne and an ORNL Biology and Environment team on root and fungal responses to warming at #SPRUCE !

Stay tuned for more about the stories inside this awesome New Phytologist cover (image by Joanne Childs)!

And if you want to see more rooty images from the ORNL Biology and Environment #SPRUCE experiment, check out this belowground tour from Camille Defrenne:

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Belowground acquisition strategies in a warmed peatland cdmcd.co/RrmBag #ESA2021 🌲🍄