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Sauropods created their own Global Warming?

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:06 pm
by circumspice
Here's another one for ya, Dig... :shock:

Gaseous Emissions from Dinosaurs May Have Warmed Prehistoric Earth

ScienceDaily (May 7, 2012) — 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 Earth was warm and wet. That's according to calculations reported in the May 8th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 102324.htm

Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?

Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 10:35 am
by Digit
I have wondered on occasion about our own production! :lol:

Roy.

Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?

Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 12:38 pm
by Minimalist
I wonder how you get a grant to measure dino farts?

Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:05 am
by circumspice
Minimalist wrote:I wonder how you get a grant to measure dino farts?


I wonder how anyone could apply for such a grant without a smirk on their face... :lol:

Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:20 am
by Minimalist
I imagine that they didn't phrase it in just that way........ I hope.

Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 1:43 pm
by Digit
I can't lose the ideas about hot air!

Roy.

Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 1:52 pm
by Minimalist
I'm trying to imagine the smell.