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It was found that a tree stump was alive, contrary to common sense, and then scientists made new discoveries in the soil

Scientists make new discovery in soil

By VickyPublished 2 years ago 3 min read

Life is the most precious thing in the world. There is nothing that can measure it. Living things are endless. They multiply and live in the biosphere of the earth. While bringing vitality to the earth, it also makes the whole earth full of vitality, and promotes carbon and water cycles. Provide a chance to survive.

Judging from the biological populations we have found so far, there are many incredible creatures, such as water bears, which are known as the only terrestrial creatures that can survive in space, and are resistant to high temperature and low temperature environments. A creature with extremely strong vitality, but fortunately it is not aggressive, so it is not an enemy of humans.

As producers in the biosphere, plants provide nutrients for organisms, convert solar energy into organic matter, and are essential organisms in the food chain. Therefore, for plant research, scientists have already mastered a lot of relevant knowledge and conducted in-depth research, but an accidental discovery refreshed people's understanding of this simple creature. A plant whose trunk and branches have been cut off turned out to be tenacious. Come down, it's just incredible.

Scientists have discovered a hardy plant in New Zealand that is a stump with no trunk or branches. As we all know, trees will slowly die after losing their trunks and branches, but the kauri tree discovered by scientists has survived tenaciously, which can be said to completely violate the laws of biological survival.

How did this kauri tree survive against the laws of nature? Scientists decided to find out why, so they began a long-term research and analysis. Evidence was soon found, with scientists finding some strange structures in the soil surrounding the tree. On the surface, each tree is an independent individual, but in fact there are many articles under the soil. Scientists have found that the roots of the trees under the soil are intricate and linked to each other, so that all the trees in the area are integrated and become one organism with each other. In this way, resources can be shared, and water and nutrients can be shared. This is why kauri trees survive.

Scientists also measured the structure of the kauri tree and found that the water flow rate in the body will change, with the lowest and highest during the day and night, and corresponding to the nearby trees, which also clearly reflects the number of The "symbiotic physiology" of the surrounding atmospheric drive is also reflected in the trees.

However, after further research, scientists found that the trees around the kauri tree did not provide nutrients to it at first, because the "structure" under the soil was not natural, which means that the surrounding trees were rescued later. Kauri trees, but for what reason is unknown. But scientists said that the kauri tree may have existed as a bridge, and the surrounding trees were linked to each other with the kauri tree as the core, but also accidentally saved the kauri tree.

I have to say that there are indeed many things in the world that seem bizarre and go against the laws of nature, such as the symbiosis of trees. Although scientists' research is not deep enough at present, it is very good to be able to see the magic of nature. This incident can also give us a revelation, that is, human beings are still very small in front of nature, and there are still many things we don’t understand about those seemingly simple creatures. All this requires us to explore with the power of science and clarify the mechanism. , to understand and master the laws of nature, and to develop better.

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