Unveiling Fungi's Hidden Potential in the Earth's Preservation Jessica, Oakham School, UK The world we reside in today wouldn’t exist without fungi. University of Leeds scientists utilised computer models to simulate ancient Earth’s atmosphere and their results suggest that fungi extracted minerals from rocks and then transferred them to plants. This pr to absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. This process, therefore, created an oxygen-rich atmosphere and the world we know today. So, if fungi helped make our world, could it help save it?
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