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This Green Earth

Wonders of the Wide Wood Web

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Professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, Suzanne Simard, is at the forefront of plant communication and intelligence research. She explains why trees are vital to each other and to humans. Dr. Simard explains how the nutrients and signals coming from elder trees are often the lifeblood of an entire forest. Listen to learn more about what's happening below the surface of the "wide wood web".

Claire is the producer of This Green Earth and a volunteer DJ on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Co-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.