Virtual Run "Run For Trees"

Last call for Fun Run 2023 Recruitment🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

Registration closes at 4pm today‼️
Do you find life boring when you are busy with your assignment only?
Do you feel that your life is full of homework?
Have you ever hesitated to participate in an event, but worried that you didn't have time?
It's okay, here's the chance✨
I know that you who are reading this post should also consider registering😎
Don't hesitate, opportunity waits for no man!
And you can decide the theme of this fun run. Aren't you excited🫣
If you are interested, click the following link or scan the QR code in the poster!
We are waiting for you‼️

Registration Form:
https://forms.gle/NFExiVCRXscUCqTb9

If have any question, kindly contact:
Tan Goah Ying (012-3775160)
Chin Pei En (018-2308728)

Huh? Can trees talk to each other?😱 Yes! Fungal networks connect them! We underestimated trees' alertness, sociality, sophistication, and intelligence.

👨‍🔬Scientists believe most plant species interact with soil fungi. These fungi connect tree (and other plants) roots to create a mycorrhizal network, or "wood-wide web." Trees share water and nutrients and communicate through networks. Other trees change their behaviour when they receive distress signals about drought, disease, or insect attacks.🐛

Sugar fuels fungi as they scavenge the soil for nitrogen, phosphorus, and other minerals, which the trees absorb and consume. Fungi consume 30% of the sugar trees' photosynthetic energy as a service fee. Fine, hairlike root tips of trees link with microscopic fungal filaments to form a network, which may be a symbiotic relationship or economic exchange.🌱

The network is a lifeline for young saplings in the shaded forest as it is hard for them to receive sunlight for photosynthesis. With the help of big trees, they pump sugar into their roots through a network for them to survive. Mother trees are the largest, oldest, and most fungal-connected trees. 🌳They're not necessarily female, but they're maternal. Deep roots help shallow-rooted seedlings access water. When neighbours struggle, mother trees detect distress signals and increase nutrient flow.

With this, Virtual Run 3.0 wishes this fun fact could be helpful for all of you! 🌸

什么？树木竟然也会交谈？😱对的！真菌网络连接它们！我们低估了树木的警觉性、社交性、复杂性和智慧。

👨‍🔬根据科学家的调查显示，大多数植物物种与土壤真菌相互作用。这些真菌将树（和其他植物）的根连接起来，形成一个菌根网络，或“全木网”。树木共享水、养分并通过网络进行交流。其他树木在收到有关干旱、疾病或昆虫袭击的求救信号时会改变它们的行为。🐛

糖为真菌提供燃料，让它们从土壤中寻找树木吸收和消耗的氮、磷和其他矿物质。真菌消耗了糖树30%的光合能量作为服务费。树木细小的、发状的根尖与显微真菌丝状体链接形成网络，可能是共生关系，也可能是经济交换。🌱

该网络是遮荫森林中幼树的生命线，它们可以在没有阳光的情况下阳光进行光合作用。因为在大树的帮助下，它们通过一个网络将糖泵入根部，以供它们继续生存。🌳母树是最大、最古老、与真菌联系最紧密的树。它们不一定是女性，但它们必然是母性的。深根有助于浅根幼苗获得水分。当邻居挣扎时，母树会探测到求救信号并增加营养流量。

最后，Virtual Run 3.0 希望这些有趣的冷知识对大家有所帮助！🌸



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