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One thing missing from this fascinating Azolla story: if there's a huge green hat on the world, wouldn't something try to eat it? You'd think some sort of Azoll
by lordnacho 4y ago
One thing missing from this fascinating Azolla story: if there's a huge green hat on the world, wouldn't something try to eat it? You'd think some sort of Azolla-eating creature would have a great time munching it and keeping the carbon up on the surface.
- pvaldes 4y agois poisonous, as many other ferns
- elihu 4y agoIt's not poisonous to chickens, plenty of people grow it for chicken feed. I think at this point it's unclear whether it's safe for human consumption. Azolla has a symbiotic relationship with a kind of cyanobacteria that might or might not be safe. Apparently that hasn't stopped some people: https://theazollafoundation.org/azollas-uses/for-food/ https://theazollafoundation.org/azollas-uses/for-food/
- samatman 4y agoRainforests, and the Sargasso Sea, continue to have very impressive amounts of plant biomass, despite the best efforts of all animals combined to eat them. It's easy to imagine a current which sunk a Sargasso's worth of algae every year removing carbon. There's not enough oxygen on the bottom to support metabolizing that much sugar.