Unpublished Newswire

Scientists have mapped a dense network of thread-like fungi that criss crosses across an array of biomes while hiding just beneath the Earth’s surface. Known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM), these microscopic organisms carry water and nutrients to 70 per cent of plant species and help keep a vast amount of carbon out of the atmosphere. The study, published Thursday by the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), found that the biomass of mycorrhizal fungi was four to six times that of the human population. Paced end-to-end, the fungal pathways would reach 110...

Nothing in politics is ever inevitable, but once a particular dynamic has solidified, it can be tempting to see it as permanent. Such has been the case since Mark Carney’s election victory a little over a year ago, and in poll after poll, Liberal fortunes have only seemed to rise further: the Conservatives gradually losing ground and the New Democratic Party mostly treading water. In short order, both in the sense of public psychology and the Liberal Party’s seat count in Parliament, the Carney era has seemed to consolidate itself as the new norm. On a personal level, Carney himself...