Dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth

[JMH]

Some " light" reading for you...

Sauropod emissions blow away cows, came close to modern methane volumes

Giant herbivorous dinosaurs may have emitted sufficient methane to warm the Mesozoic climate, according to a new paper in Current Biology.

The new theory, expounded in the article Could methane produced by sauropod dinosaurs have helped drive Mesozoic climate warmth? starts by advancing a theory that very large, long-necked dinosaurs, aka sauropods, walked the Earth in greater numbers than previously assumed.
The paper also cites research suggesting that sauropod metabolisms were quite fast and concludes that the giant creatures could therefore have been rather efficient makers of methane.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/07/dinosaur_flatulence_warmed_earth/

 

[zigzag3143]

Rotflmao

Thats what roughage will do to you. Nice

 

[JMH]

So it wasn't PE after all??? :lol:

 

[zigzag3143]

YTBD..

 

[JMH]

A combination perhaps???

 

[zigzag3143]

Probably a combination of nature and nurture.

 

[JMH]

RIP Dinosaurs.

 

[zigzag3143]

Even without the extinction event it was inevitable. Top of the food chain, largish, and for the most part somewhat dull witted.

 

[JMH]

What does that then indicate for mankind?

 

[Corrine]

 

[Temmu]

it is not possible for a sustainable collection of pooping creatures to emit enough methane to be measurable, much less have an effect on climate. :hysterical:

 

[zigzag3143]

Can be estimated statistically and smells much less than the real thing.

 

[Temmu]

mark twain, "there are lies, dam lies, and then there are statistics"
and
statistics are in the eye of the beholder