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Just saw a really interesting Nova centering on Crowther Labs at ETH (recently disbanded). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax0848 https://www.scie
by shermantanktop 1y ago
Just saw a really interesting Nova centering on Crowther Labs at ETH (recently disbanded). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax0848 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax0848 was held up as encouraging unsustainable reforestation for greenwashing PR.
But the most interesting part was a segment covering how tree roots engage in aggressive recruitment and exchange of resources with an underground biome of bacteria and fungi.
- joshvm 1y agoYou should also look at the follow-up paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06723-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06723-z (and the erratum for the 2019 potential paper https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc8905 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc8905)
- shermantanktop 1y agoThey covered that briefly and in fact the Nova was part of his redemption effort. And after that was made, he got let go for personal conduct issues.
- qbit42 1y agoWhy was it disbanded?
- mdorazio 1y agohttps://www.science.org/content/article/high-flying-ecologist-blurred-boundaries-broke-financial-rules-eth-zurich-report-finds https://www.science.org/content/article/high-flying-ecologis...