[fungus stores 1/3 of fossil fuel carbon emissions] according to a study published in the latest issue of Cell Biology, the vast network of underground fungi under human feet stores more than 13 billion tons of carbon globally, equivalent to about 36 percent of the world's annual fossil fuel emissions, which may be the key to achieving net zero emissions. A team of researchers, including researchers at the University of Sheffield in the UK, found that fungi store more than 1 pound of carbon from fossil fuel emissions each year. The team conducted a meta-analysis of hundreds of studies, and the results show that an estimated 13.12 billion tons of carbon dioxide is transferred from plants to fungi each year, transforming the soil under people's feet into a huge carbon pool and the world's most efficient carbon capture and storage unit. This may be critical for countries to seek to address climate change and achieve net zero emissions.