Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Nitrogen Cycle: Key Ingredient In Climate Model Refines Global Predictions

ORNL's Peter Thornton is helping climate scientists incorporate the nitrogen cycle into global simulations for climate change. (Credit: Image courtesy of DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

From Science Daily:

Science Daily (Oct. 11, 2009) — For the first time, climate scientists from across the country have successfully incorporated the nitrogen cycle into global simulations for climate change, questioning previous assumptions regarding carbon feedback and potentially helping to refine model forecasts about global warming.

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