Conventional = wrong anyway, doesn't it ? Don't believe this story is that radical - just hyped-up for newsworthy effect, like all science media these days. (these days = forever BTW) They are clearly talking about some form of nitrogen take-up that is beyond nutrients being used to build proteins and cellulose (plant materials generally) etc. I don't believe this changes the microbial (and other) "fixing" processes.
Nice that people notice that sedimentary rock is a source of gases - I guess the surprise is the proportion - but not sure this in itself changes how the plants take it in and use it. Needs following-up the actual paper(s). Ian On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:18 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Of course! Being a negative empiricist and a radical skeptic, I most > definitely agree. > > > > On Sep 6, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Steven Peterson wrote: > >> What was so neat to hear this morning was how happy these scientists >> were to find out that they were wrong. Being wrong is the most >> exciting thing to happen to these people in a long time. Compare that >> to the dogmatism of other sorts of people. >> >> The pencil is mightier than the pen! >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:43 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> In this case, conventional wisdom is wrong... >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140206913/discovery-forces-scientists-to-rethink-nitrogen >>> (3 min, 46 sec) >>> >>> >>> Shocking! >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
