The New Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change in 20 19

Sophi petite observed some nocturnally scavenging sugar ants swarming a patch of urine soaked, clumpy sand. She continued observing over the course of the next few weeks and found that the ants would return in greater numbers every night to mine the pea sand. This is the first time that we've observed them excavating dry urine for its urea content,. They must just always be doing it. So being able to ces urea means that the ants can survive in harsh places like deserts and sand dunes that don't have as many resources. But how can this help against global warming? Another compound present in urine is ammonia, which breaks down into nitrous

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