Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church

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World’s Vast Network of Underground Fungi to be Mapped for the First Time

Much of climate science has focused on what is happening above the ground, but a team of researcher’s is turning their attention to what is happening underground in the network of fungi that serve as the ‘circulatory system of the planet.’ It turns out that ecosystems with thriving mycorrhizal fungi networks have been shown to store eight times as much carbon as ecosystems without such networks. Read more about the work of the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) in this article from the Guardian.

Prior Gems:

• Prison Gerrymandering Should incarcerated people be included as residents of the town where the prison is located, or should they be included as residents of their last known address? That is the question with which many states are grappling. If the US Census Bureau counts inmates at the prisons where they’re being detained rather than at their home addresses, critics say it is ‘prison gerrymandering’ that distorts democracy by providing outsized representation to elected leaders in districts containing prisons, while diminishing legitimate representation in the other district. You can read more about how some states are handling prison gerrymandering in this report from NBC News.
• Indigenous Peoples Day Let’s take a moment to savor a victory- Boston’s mayor declared the city would celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, instead of Columbus Day! Now we just need Governor Baker to do the same. Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day by running the Boston Marathon on Monday, honoring ancestors that ran before her. “I started running about 20 years ago," Haaland wrote in an op-ed she penned for the Boston Globe. "Along the way to running my first marathon, I began to think deeply about the story of my people who have used running not only to get places but to preserve their traditions and culture. I run because my ancestors gave me this ability," she later continued.