Posted on 07/30/2014 9:39:08 AM PDT by JimSEA
Boulder, Colo., USA – A 25-year-long study published in GEOLOGY on 14 July provides the first quantitative measurement of in situ calcium-magnesium silicate mineral dissolution by ants, termites, tree roots, and bare ground. This study reveals that ants are one of the most powerful biological agents of mineral decay yet observed. It may be that an understanding of the geobiology of ant-mineral interactions might offer a line of research on how to "geoengineer" accelerated CO2 consumption by Ca-Mg silicates.
Researcher Ronald Dorn of Arizona State University writes that over geological timescales, the dissolution of calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) bearing silicates has led to the graduate drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through the accumulation of limestone and dolomite. Many contemporary efforts to sequester CO2 involve burial, with some negative environmental consequences.
(Excerpt) Read more at geosociety.org ...
Huh, how about that. Me and my buddies was talkin' about that very thing last Friday night in the bar.......
when you hear scientists talking about “geoengineering” in direct and intentional ways by humans, call them out for the fools they are
Why you CLIMATE DENIER® you! Don't you know that CO2 is a Greenhouse Gas?
Depends on your definition. Fracking is “geoengineering to me as is hydrothermal energy production.
Flatulence is a non copy written green house gas also.
Oh, yes! Especially bovine flatulence!
Oh, yes! Especially bovine flatulence!
Just say clear of projectiles.
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