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Did dinosaurs warm the world?
12 May 2012

Did dinosaurs warm the world?

by cwhope | posted in: dinosaurs | 0

Possibly, by up to one and a half degrees. This recent paper in the journal Current Biology claims that the digestive tracts of dinosaurs emitted 520 Mtonnes of methane a year, comparable to the total modern-day methane emissions. The authors … Continued

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