Science Strikes Again

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Science Strikes Again

05-07-2012, 08:12

Apparently some mathematical calculations indicate that global warming millions of years ago may have been due to dinosaur farts.

The article isn't all that great, but I'll link it just in case someone wants to read it:

Gaseous emissions from dinosaurs may have warmed prehistoric earth

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-gaseous-emissions-dinosaurs-prehistoric-earth.html

Sauropod dinosaurs could in principle have produced enough of the greenhouse gas methane to warm the climate many millions of years ago, at a time when the Earth was warm and wet. That's according to calculations reported in the May 8th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
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