Farting Dinosaurs May Have Caused Climate Change!

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 07 May 2012, 17:32

Giant dinosaurs could have warmed the planet with their flatulence, say researchers.

British scientists have calculated the methane output of sauropods, including the species known as Brontosaurus.

By scaling up the digestive wind of cows, they estimate that the population of dinosaurs - as a whole - produced 520 million tonnes of gas annually.

They suggest the gas could have been a key factor in the warm climate 150 million years ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17953792

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » 07 May 2012, 19:16

Farting Dynosaurs May Have Caused Climate Change

Is that an extra active dinosaur?

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 07 May 2012, 19:18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_hutfrqxIc

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 07 May 2012, 19:26

woodburner wrote:
Farting Dynosaurs May Have Caused Climate Change
Is that an extra active dinosaur?

My spelling checker doesn't work with the subject, only the content!

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 07 May 2012, 23:54

How do they know the dinos had the same digestion kit as cows? Or does it make no difference how the material in the vegetation is broken down?

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 08 May 2012, 08:24

TIME-TRAVELLING scientists could solve the world’s energy problems by harnessing dinosaurs’ powerful methane emissions.

An adult Tyrannosaurus Rex on a rich meat diet produced more than three tonnes of potent bilge gas a day, enough to power 1,200 homes.

Now energy company researchers have developed a machine that can open a ‘time window’ into the prehistoric era, at the exact moment when a megalosaurus or similar large saurian is about to guff off.

The highly flammable lizard flatus is then captured in specially-reinforced cylinders and transported back to the present day.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/scie ... 2050826221