Scientists believe agricultural soils could sequester up to 8 Gt of CO2 equivalent annually, enough to offset all emissions from the global transmission sector. While carbon is at a surplus in the air and a deficit in the soil today, mycorrhizae hold the potential to rebalance that relationship.

Grounded in science, mycorrhizae permanently sequester carbon in soil. Plants photosynthesize carbon dioxide into organic carbon, 20% of which is passed through their roots to mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. Up to 60% of all plant-derived soil organic carbon is attributed to mycorrhizae. A portion of the SOC is then sequestered permanently within recalcitrant glycoproteins that remain stable and permanent – even after decades of tillage.