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  • FoxyFerengi@lemm.eetoScience Memes@mander.xyzGTFO
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    Nitrogen as a gas (N2) has a triple bond to another nitrogen. Those are the hardest bonds to break. CO2 has strong double bonds to oxygen, but those are easier to break. Bacteria and fungi are able to split nitrogen and supply it to plant roots in exchange for carbon (sugars) in symbiotic relationships.

    Side note, but we’re starting to see the exchange rates of nitrogen and carbon shift, because plants are now absorbing/exchanging so much carbon from the air





  • There is another reason why it’s so problematic to have hundreds of acres of flat farming land or flat cities. People fill in vernal pools, and suddenly migratory birds and other animals have no where to pause on their journeys to drink and feed. It’s another piece of the overall puzzle causing the decline of animal and insect numbers