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comment by firethief
firethief  ·  3753 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ants May Boost CO2 Absorption Enough to Slow Global Warming.

It doesn't sound like they have established the direction of causation at all; isn't it much more likely that environments in which ants thrive also have the right conditions for mineral carbon sequestration?