Mid-latitudes

Temperate Forests

Four seasons, deep memory. Trees here talk through fungal networks older than civilization.

Species

100,000

Plant species

12,000

Endangered

13%

Pressure

Old-growth still being logged at ~1% annually

Surprise of the day

Old-growth forests share carbon, water, and warnings through mycorrhizal fungal networks — the 'wood wide web.'

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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