Why it's a Colon Blow: The notion that Tricero-poops might have warmed the entire globe may smell a little fishy, but new research from Liverpool John Moores University suggests that dino-flatulence may have de-turd the natural course of the climate. Their estimates indicate that Sauropods (giant plant eaters) may have emitted up to 520 million tons of methane into the atmosphere each year, more than the combined total of all human and natural sources today. Over some millions of years, these quantities of methane would butt-ress temperatures across the globe, and could even have contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs prior to the arrival of the ass-teroid.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, twenty times more effective at trapping atmospheric heat than carbon dioxide. Today, domesticated cows emit up to 100 million tons of methane each year, and it is contributing to our own climate crisis. So maybe this new theory isn't a steaming pile after all!
Source: http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaur-farts-120507.html
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