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How I discovered the Wood Wide Web

02/05/2022 GMT

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Suzanne Simard discovered how trees communicate underground

Professor Suzanne Simard uncovered the hidden social network of trees. She went on to fight to reform the logging industry.

When Professor Suzanne Simard published her research proving that trees communicate and trade with each other underground she made an enemy of the powerful Canadian logging industry. Though she faced resistance and sexism Suzanne refused to back down, continuing to make astonishing discoveries about how trees in the forest work together. 

South African divers Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck dive into the kelp forests just off Cape Town. They told Outlook's Mohammed Allie about the magical underworld there. This interview was first broadcast 8 November 2018. 

Photo: Suzanne Simard 
Credit: Diana Markosian

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