Our paper on global rock nitrogen, published in Science, has received a lot of media attention, for example here. This work was funded by the NSF (National Science Foundation), and we are so grateful for their support and the support of all US tax payers. This discovery could not have happened without public funds. Thank you! We have much more to learn, and are eager to continue our efforts on global nitrogen, which tie together food, ecosystems, healthy soils, and climate ch