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https://www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/press-release/recovering-tropical-forests-grow-back-nearly-twice-fast-nitrogen
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> Nitrogen is limiting how quickly young forests can regrow. When we added nitrogen to the soil, forests grew back almost twice as fast in the first 10 years. Faster growth rates mean faster absorption of carbon dioxide, which can help to give us a few more years to reduce our carbon emissions.
Reference: Tang, W., Hall, J.S., Phillips, O.L. et al. Tropical forest carbon sequestration accelerated by nitrogen. Nat Commun 17, 55 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66825-2
Well yeah. We’ve known that nitrogen helps plants grow faster since 1909.
Even home depot knows this