"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/12/2015 6:06 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 2:46:09 PM UTC-8, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/12/2015 5:22 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 1:44:18 PM UTC-8, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/12/2015 4:36 PM, Tim wrote:
Not only so Wayne but snow is loaded with Nitrogen which isn't a
good replacement for oxygen in the blood system



Nitrogen? I thought snow (frozen water vapor) was H2O.

Nitrogen is there Richard. Snow is called the 'poor mans fertilizer"

http://cultureofchemistry.fieldofsci...n-in-snow.html



Yeah, when you mentioned it I looked it up. Miniscule amounts though.
The nitrogen is actually in the air, not the precipitation.
Questionable whether it is really a "natural fertilizer" or an old
wive's tale.

Yes, it's in the air, and you're breathing it. Nitrogen is naturally in
the air anyhow, but when it's snowing (or raining) there is a heavier concentration of it.

I think it's more than a mere wives tail. It seems the crp fields
contain a higher nitrogen level after a snow than before. minute but higher.


The atmosphere is something like 76 percent nitrogen. I don't understand
why rain or snow increases it.

I understand most of the nitrogen in the atmosphere that is made available
to the ground is via lighting.