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East Africa’s Slow Rift Points to a Future Ocean, Scientists Say
2 days ago•Source: The Brighter Side of News
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Researchers mapped a single Armillaria ostoyae fungus beneath Oregon’s Blue Mountains that spans about 9.65 square kilometers and may be thousands of years old, making it the largest known organism on Earth; the discovery challenges how we define an individual, underscores the fungus as a long-running forest pathogen, and suggests management should focus on reducing impact rather than eradicating it.