Ruebacca
2009-08-05 10:46:32
CIRSCO is the name of the enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide. As enzymes go it is not very efficient. At elevated temps as in the tropics at noon and low CO2 leavals it stops working.
A chemical reactions rate is a function of pressure, temperature-energy and concentration of reagents. C4 plants evolved tissue to concentrate C02 and make CIRSCO work more efficantly. Most pleople don’t relise grasses are very new. Only in the last 2-3 million years have graslands been seen on earth. This is what killed off the Mamoths.
But these facts wont make Al Gore rich selling carbon credits so whats the point.
