The Science Fact You've Been Taught for Years Is a Lie | Astrum Earth

About this episode

This episode explores the controversy surrounding the 'wood wide web' and whether the claims about trees communicating are true or misleading.

Were we wrong about the 'wood wide web'? Trees can talk to each other. Or so the headlines claimed. The discovery of the 'wood wide web' triggered a media frenzy, changing everything we thought we knew about trees. But then, the scientific community pushed back. Join us to find out if everything we were told about the 'wood wide web' is actually a lie.▀▀▀▀▀▀ Explore the internet more privately with CyberGhost VPN: https://cyberghostvpn.com/AstrumEarth . $2.03/month, 4 months free, and a 45-day money-back guarantee. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Astrum's newsletter has launched! Want to know what's happening in space? Sign up here: ⁠https://astrumspace.kit.com⁠ A huge thanks to our Patreons who help make these videos possible. Sign-up here: ⁠ https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF

People in this episode

Host: Astrum

Topics covered

• trees communication
• wood wide web
• scientific debate
• media frenzy
• environmental science

Keywords

• wood wide web
• trees
• communication
• science
• myth
• environment
• media

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Books & works: wood wide web

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