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m3047today at 5:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

CO2, you say? Human activity produces tens of percent of the bioavailable nitrogen.


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Terr_today at 7:28 PM

A facile comparison: the problem with CO2 involves the equilibrium level (or lack thereof) between the flows of what is emitted to the pool versus removed.

In contrast, excessive bio-available nitrogen is unlikely to build up, not when most of the biosphere is waiting to grab it and (relatively quickly) turn it back into inert N2 gas.