Dino Methane Emissions

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Dinosaurs' digestive gases linked to global warming 
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British researchers find that methane emissions from sauropods would
have far outstripped those from modern-day livestock.
 
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
 
May 7 2012, 9:27 PM PDT
 
Dinosaurs' gassy guts may have contributed to global warming tens of 
millions of years ago, according to a new study that finds a group of 
plant-eating dinosaurs could have produced about as much methane as 
all of today's natural and man-made sources of the greenhouse gas. 
 
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-dinosaur-methane-20120508,0,5712036.story 
 
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