Carbon Capture and Storage

Dinosaur intestinal gases possible cause of Prehistoric global warming

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2012
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Forget about carbon emissions and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted by humans. Sauropods — the long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs that included some of the largest terrestrial animals ever known— could have been the first to warm the Earth's climate thanks to their massive amounts of methane-producing flatulence, says Tuesday's edition of Current Biology.

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