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Interestingly lignin is also the thing that caused us to have this whole carbon problem in the first place. When it first evolved there was nothing that could b
by lordnacho 4y ago
Interestingly lignin is also the thing that caused us to have this whole carbon problem in the first place. When it first evolved there was nothing that could break it down and that's part of the reason why we have all these deposits millions of years later.
- nyanpasu64 4y agohttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517943113 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517943113 claims that lignin was being broken down even during coal-forming periods. I did not verify this article though.