The networked beauty of forests (TED) & Mother Tree - Suzanne Simard

Learn about the sophisticated, underground, fungal network trees use to communicate and even share nutrients. UBC professor Suzanne Simard leads us through the forrest to investigate this underground community.

Deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined. What can we do to change this contributor to global warming? Suzanne Simard examines how the complex, symbiotic networks of our forests mimic our own neural and social networks -- and how those connections might make all the difference.

 BBC How Plants Communicate & Think - Amazing Nature Documentary

ORIGINAL: TED Lessons