Suzanne Simard
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Talks and interviews by forest ecologist Suzanne Simard — mother trees, mycorrhizal networks, and the wood wide web.
c/suzanne-simard
Talks and interviews by forest ecologist Suzanne Simard — mother trees, mycorrhizal networks, and the wood wide web.
…of the mushroom. So these truffles form these maps, which are on the right. And these maps, turns out, link the trees together. So Kevin, the grad student, came up with many maps like this of many forests. This is one example. And this is a 30 by 30…
…except to infer from these studies that it would change over the seedlings. With respect to the methodology, what we did, what Kevin did is he went into this forest and sampled using a grid pattern. sample around each tree in the cardinal directions for…
…question. There's a lot more detail in the journal articles, but yeah, it was very laborious. It was very time consuming. It took Kevin basically five years to do the study to make this map. Okay, so I'll move on. So one question led to another. And…
…short-sequence DNAs. And this tree has that genet on it as well, that these two trees were therefore connected together. And so Kevin spent five years constructing this map of every genet in this forest and was able to determine that every single tree was…
…the bigger the tree and the older the tree, the more connected it was to the other trees in the forest. And so Kevin used these spatial statistic techniques and mapping techniques and was able to look at the pattern of that network. And he found, you…
…And some of you have already been putting messages into our live stream. We're already getting some great questions. We'll also have Kevin Kelly, one of our founders here at Long Now, come in for some live questions. But I'll get us started. You mentioned…
…dependent on these little tiny creatures in the soil. Right. Well, that's amazing. And after this question, I'm going to invite in Kevin Kelly. But you mentioned in the talk that you you've designed a 100 year experiment, which I love. And there's so few…
…know, in some kind of term. But endowing every long-term experiment might be a bit difficult. But anyway, we're going to invite in Kevin, one of our founders here at Long Owl and the senior maverick at Wired. Welcome, Kevin. Thank you. What a great talk.…
…difficult. But anyway, we're going to invite in Kevin, one of our founders here at Long Owl and the senior maverick at Wired. Welcome, Kevin. Thank you. What a great talk. It opens up all kinds of visions in my mind. One of them that I was surprised…
Thanks everyone for joining us for tonight's event. My name is Kevin. I'm one of the event hosts here at Powell's Books. Before we begin, I want to encourage you to check out our lineup of upcoming virtual events by visiting our website at powells.com.…
…Erin, what a pleasure to welcome you both and thanks for joining us tonight. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you, Kevin. Yeah. And it's really exciting to get to talk with you, Suzanne, that in working on the podcast, you were kind of the…
…and we took up all the the fungal DNA and the tree DNA of six forests. And we used that DNA, and it took Kevin five years to do this, to create a map showing where each individual fungus was and how it linked individual trees together. And what…
…And some of you have already been putting messages into our live stream. We're already getting some great questions. We'll also have Kevin Kelly, one of our founders here at Long Now, come in for some live questions. But I'll get us started. You mentioned…
…dependent on these little tiny creatures in the soil. Right. Well, that's amazing. And after this question, I'm going to invite in Kevin Kelly. But you mentioned in the talk that you've designed a 100-year experiment, which I love. And there's so few of…
…know, in some kind of term. But endowing every long-term experiment might be a bit difficult. But anyway, we're going to invite in Kevin, one of our founders here at Long Now and the senior maverick at Wired. Welcome, Kevin. Thank you. What a great talk.…
…difficult. But anyway, we're going to invite in Kevin, one of our founders here at Long Now and the senior maverick at Wired. Welcome, Kevin. Thank you. What a great talk. It opens up all kinds of visions in my mind. One of them that I was surprised…
…see it. So we had to bring to bear on it molecular tools to unravel the forest. So this is a study done by Kevin Beiler and some other colleagues where Kevin went into six Douglas fir forests and he basically peeled back the forest floor and collected…
…bear on it molecular tools to unravel the forest. So this is a study done by Kevin Beiler and some other colleagues where Kevin went into six Douglas fir forests and he basically peeled back the forest floor and collected the DNA of every bit of fungal…
…And so in this picture, these circles, these green circles represent the trees and the lines represent the fungi. And what Kevin found was that individual fungi were shared between different trees and therefore connected them together. And in making his maps…
…My name is Aisha Jamal. I'm Canadian film programmer at Hot Docs, and it's my pleasure to be hosting today's discussion of Kevin McMahon's documentary, Borealis. I want to thank the National Film Board of Canada and Hot Docs at Home for organizing today's…
…today by asking our panelists to introduce themselves. So let's start with the director of the film. Joining us from Toronto is Kevin McMahon. Kevin, over to you. Hello. I'm Kevin McMahon. I'm the director of the film. Great. And all the way from Nelson,…
…asking our panelists to introduce themselves. So let's start with the director of the film. Joining us from Toronto is Kevin McMahon. Kevin, over to you. Hello. I'm Kevin McMahon. I'm the director of the film. Great. And all the way from Nelson, BC, we…
…themselves. So let's start with the director of the film. Joining us from Toronto is Kevin McMahon. Kevin, over to you. Hello. I'm Kevin McMahon. I'm the director of the film. Great. And all the way from Nelson, BC, we have Dr. Suzanne Simard, if you'd…
…in Russia and globally as well. So my primary focus is fires in Canada and over half of Canada is boreal forest. Wow. And Kevin, what about you? Well, like Suzanne, I live in a temperate forest because I'm in Toronto, although I have a little cabin in…
…connected with all the different generations growing up under them, we might be able to infer something about their dynamics. So what Kevin did is he used molecular techniques to basically go into a forest. This is a forest that's about 30 meters by 30…
…all three panelists, you can put it in the chat box of this YouTube Life website. And we have a question already for Kevin. And Kevin, this is an unusual documentary. Can you talk about some of the creative and visual approaches you used? What about the…
…panelists, you can put it in the chat box of this YouTube Life website. And we have a question already for Kevin. And Kevin, this is an unusual documentary. Can you talk about some of the creative and visual approaches you used? What about the sound…
…was about the boreal. I mean, it's what I study. So I'm always willing to talk to someone, especially with a reputation like Kevin has. I knew it was going to be a quality production. I just rewatched it today. The cinematography is great. And the audio…
…wanted to ask you, you're an expert on forests. So what's your take on the film? You know, it's unique in the way that Kevin shot this from the perspective of the trees and the creatures that live in the forest. And I found that so refreshing. And,…
…the world from a tree's perspective and the link's perspective and so on. It's absolutely crucial. That makes the film very special. Kevin, I have another question for you. How does the final film and the way it's been released measure up to your initial…
…just like in humans, when we have multiple modes of communication, so do trees and plants. I have an audience question for Kevin. Amazing things captured. What was the shot you were most excited about getting? Was there something you really wanted that you…
…know, write to your MLAs and your MPs when you feel like they're falling down. And they do all the time. Great. Kevin, anything to add? I wholeheartedly agree with both of those comments. Every time I show an environmental film, this question comes up.…
…moving forward we're learning and so you know where possible we do allow fire on the landscape because It's Mother Nature doing her thing. Kevin, can you talk a little bit about the use of sound in your film? Sure. Most of the sound in the film was…
…and how I made them, why I made them, how my background led me to ask the questions that I did. Anne-Maria Makhulu, i'm Kevin another comment to you love the film both poetic and informative can you talk about how you develop the script and match the…
…of biodiversity. So leaving islands of trees, tracks of trees, even when we're harvesting is super important to mitigate those losses. Kevin, I have a tech related question for you. Could you please talk briefly about the camera and microphone equipment you…
…and federal government what legislation exists to protect it. I don't know who would like to answer that but Suzanne or Mike or Kevin you know the answer to this question. Well, I can start a little bit. So the forests are actually managed by the…
…There might be some specific issues or federal issues in the boreal forests that protect them that I'm not aware of, that maybe Kevin or Mike are aware of. I'll just add to that. that things like caribou, and so that's a species at risk, you know,…
…to and that's what does the future hold for the canadian boil forest so we could really briefly get an answer from each of you. Kevin, why don't I start with you? I think that is up to us. I think the future of the forest, like the future of every…
…and most notably climate change. So we have a chore ahead of us, but we can do it. And Suzanne? Yeah, I completely agree with Kevin and Mike. Those are great answers. It is up to us. And it is at a tipping point. All of our forests around the world…