Protecting What We Cannot See

The Global Atlas of Underground Fungi is published!

It feels very good to have some positive news to report in the world of environmental progress.

A few days ago, SPUN, the NGO that I often write about, published a global analysis and data set that maps out underground mycorrhizal biodiversity.

And the news got some attention! You can read about this in the New York TimesThe GuardianScience MagazineInside Climate NewsForbes, and Grist, to name a few.

Maybe you didn’t quite catch the news. Maybe this even sounds a bit wonky to you. So here are some reasons why we think this news matters and is worthy of celebration.