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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
Sauropods created their own Global Warming?
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Sauropods created their own Global Warming?
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Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?
I have wondered on occasion about our own production!
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Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?
I wonder how you get a grant to measure dino farts?
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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...
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Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?
I imagine that they didn't phrase it in just that way........ I hope.
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I can't lose the ideas about hot air!
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Re: Sauropods created their own Global Warming?
I'm trying to imagine the smell.
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