Plants’ secret second roots rewrite the climate playbook

ScienceDaily
Jun 20, 2025, 11:18 pm290 ptsTop
Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes over three feet down tapping into hidden nutrient stores and potentially locking away carbon. A new study using deep-soil data from NEON reveals that these "bimodal" rooting systems are…

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