davidstcldfl
09-14-2011, 12:17 PM
Nitrogen Study Could 'Rock' A Plant's World
by Richard Harris
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140206913 ... k-nitrogen (http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140206913/discovery-forces-scientists-to-rethink-nitrogen)
Well now ,this is interesting.
Here's a tease, so you'll want to raed the entire article...
Conventional wisdom believes nitrogen for plants starts in the air and is converted by microbes in the soil into a usable form. But a report in the journal Nature finds that some nitrogen comes directly from rock. This discovery has implications for global warming.
by Richard Harris
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140206913 ... k-nitrogen (http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140206913/discovery-forces-scientists-to-rethink-nitrogen)
Well now ,this is interesting.
Here's a tease, so you'll want to raed the entire article...
Conventional wisdom believes nitrogen for plants starts in the air and is converted by microbes in the soil into a usable form. But a report in the journal Nature finds that some nitrogen comes directly from rock. This discovery has implications for global warming.