Archive for September, 2011
A New Plant Growth Stimulant
The purpose in writing on this subject is twofold. First, it is intended to bring to the attention of the scientific community the very real possibility of the stimulating effect of Stearic Acid on plants.
Secondly, publication of these results should make them available for further evaluation of the potential benefit of using this material in plant growth stimulation.
INTRODUCTION
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The Importance of Trees in Halting Global Warming
Most people have heard that planting a tree is beneficial to the ecology, but not everyone has heard why. To state the importance of trees in having a healthy atmosphere simply, trees store carbon in solid form, much of which they remove from the atmosphere.
Trees, as indeed all plants, acquire carbon for growth from the air, taking in carbon dioxide molecules. Once the carbon is removed, the oxygen is released back into the atmosphere. This process not only removes a greenhouse gas, but replenishes the atmospheric oxygen so vital to human and animal life.
Once a tree has assimilated carbon, much of the carbon becomes part of the woody parts, while some goes into the leaves. The carbon in the leaves and twigs decompose after they fall. Some of the carbon from the fallen parts of a tree enrich the earth, and become fertile soil for other vegetation, but some does escape back to the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas.
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