A startling new discovery could destroy all those global warming doomsday forecasts

[Peter1469]

A startling new discovery could destroy all those global warming doomsday forecasts

It seems as if there are vast stores of nitrogen in the ground that absorb CO2.

Scientists just discovered a massive, heretofore unknown, source of nitrogen. Why does this matter? Because it could dramatically change those dire global warming forecasts that everybody claims are based on "settled science."

The researchers, whose findings were published in the prestigious journal Science, say they've determined that the idea that the only source of nitrogen for plant life came from the air is wrong. There are vast storehouses in the planet's bedrock that plants also feed on.


This is potentially huge news, since what it means is that there is a vastly larger supply of nitrogen than previously believed.


University of California at Davis environmental scientist and co-author of the study, Ben Houlton, says that "This runs counter the centuries-long paradigm that has laid the foundation for the environmental sciences."


Pay close attention to the word "paradigm."


If Houlton's finding about these vast, previously unknown nitrogen stores holds true, then it would have an enormous impact on global warming predictions.

Climate scientists have long known that plants offset some of the effects of climate change by absorbing and storing CO2. But climate scientists assumed that the ability to plants to perform this function was limited because the availability of nitrogen in the atmosphere was limited.

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[Trumpster]

A startling new discovery could destroy all those global warming doomsday forecasts

It seems as if there are vast stores of nitrogen in the ground that absorb CO2.



Read the rest at the link.

Let's see, plants absorb and store CO2 and plants need nitrogen to grow. But I don't understand how they came up with the following statement: ".....the idea that the only source of nitrogen for plant life came from the air is wrong." I wasn't aware that anyone ever said that nitrogen only came from the air. Nitrogen in the soil comes from decaying plants and wildlife. Trees for example drop dead limbs and leaves. As the limbs and leaves decay, the soil becomes rich in nitrogen. In forests, for example, layer after layer of nitrogen rich soil builds up over a long period of time.

And, if I'm not mistaken, nitrogen in in the soil can get used up and that's why farmers have to fertilize regularly.

I'm not an expert on this subject, so maybe I'm missing something.

[Common Sense]

That's good news.

I don't know that anyone claims climate science is "settled science". There is however a broad consensus that man has an impact on climate.

[MisterVeritis]

Let's see, plants absorb and store CO2 and plants need nitrogen to grow. But I don't understand how they came up with the following statement: ".....the idea that the only source of nitrogen for plant life came from the air is wrong." I wasn't aware that anyone ever said that nitrogen only came from the air. Nitrogen in the soil comes from decaying plants and wildlife. Trees for example drop dead limbs and leaves. As the limbs and leaves decay, the soil becomes rich in nitrogen. In forests, for example, layer after layer of nitrogen rich soil builds up over a long period of time.

And, if I'm not mistaken, nitrogen in in the soil can get used up and that's why farmers have to fertilize regularly.

I'm not an expert on this subject, so maybe I'm missing something.

hmmm. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria...