{"id":2847,"date":"2016-09-07T10:47:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T14:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/science-talk\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2016-09-07T10:47:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T14:47:46","slug":"from-tree-to-shining-tree-the-living-network-under-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/2016\/09\/from-tree-to-shining-tree-the-living-network-under-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"From Tree to Shining Tree: The Living Network under the Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stevenson Swanson<\/a> is the Science Media Manager at The New York Botanical Garden.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"NYBG\n

That old saying about not being able to see the forest for the trees turns out to be more than just a metaphor.\u00a0 Standing in the middle of a forest, it\u2019s easy to see each tree as an individual, but in reality, the trees are bound together by a living network that proves beneficial not only for the trees\u2014which get the minerals they need to grow to great heights\u2014but also to the network, which gets a steady supply of nutrients from the trees to keep it alive.<\/p>\n

What is this network? That\u2019s the mystery that award-winning science journalist Robert Krulwich sets out to answer in a recent episode of public radio\u2019s Radiolab<\/em>.<\/p>\n