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Re:Scientists discover first nitrogen fixing organelle by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday April 21, 2024 @01:40AM (#40103409)
Removing the nitrogen bottleneck would let them capture carbon faster. Given our predicament I'd say we should take all the help we get.
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Re:Scientists discover first nitrogen fixing organelle by gjytfhbfd on Sunday April 21, 2024 @03:55AM (#40103935)
Remove too much carbon however and the plants die.

We don't want a Great Decarbonification Event.

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Re:Scientists discover first nitrogen fixing organelle by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday April 21, 2024 @01:22PM (#40107430)
Decaying plants emit carbon. The extra nitrogen would just be changing is the length of the give-your-carbon-back-to-the-atmosphere queue. It's negative feedback: stable.
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