Comment by shermantanktop
7 days ago
Just saw a really interesting Nova centering on Crowther Labs at ETH (recently disbanded). 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.
You should also look at the follow-up paper: 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)
They 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.
Why was it disbanded?
https://www.science.org/content/article/high-flying-ecologis...