Tiny Ammonia Eaters Discovered: Could Be Natural Fertilizers

sciencedaily.com:

A better understanding of archaea's lifestyle and role in nitrogen cycles not only would rewrite ecology textbooks. It could also have practical applications, such as devising natural ways to boost a soil's nitrogen content without needing to use chemical fertilizers, or designing sewage treatment plants that employ microbes to remove nitrogenous waste more efficiently, or understanding which microbes produce global-warming gases such as nitrous oxide.

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[ohjoe]

This is exciting and scary at the same time. There are good things that can come of this discovery but if the oceans are less able to absorb carbon-dioxide it means that global warming will happen at an even more accelerated rate.