>but had to be careful because we only had correlations as far as I knew Sooner or later we need to throw caution to the wind when it comes to advocating for b

>but had to be careful because we only had correlations as far as I knew Sooner or later we need to throw caution to the wind when it comes to advocating for behaving more conservatively towards the environment and climate. If we have to wait until we have ironclad proof that we shouldn't be wrecking things, we are A. allowing our caution to be permissive of recklessness, and B. creating a situation similar to the asymmetry of spreading bullshit -- it takes far longer to prove something is harmful than it takes to switch over to some other equally (or more) destructive practice. Sorry, I'll step off my soapbox now. Not even sure if you were discussing these things in the context of conservation. It is indeed really cool stuff! The natural world continues to throw surprise after surprise at us, and the more we learn the more it looks like it really is Fern Gully operating in the wilds of our wonderful earth. Anecdotally, grasses do seem to put off some smell at times, including preceding a heavy rain. To me, they don't seem as as heady and "luscious" like the rich floral terpenes from a forest (then again I'm from the PNW, so I haven't spent as much time in the grasslands). I wonder if it is more soil bacteria that the grasses are in symbiosis with that do the heavy lifting in terms of rain seeding. Neat to wonder about.