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Dinosaurs' Gaseous Emissions Warmed Earth?
Description: Dinosaurs may have helped warm ancient Earth via their own natural gaseous emissions, a new study says. Like modern-day ruminants, giant plant-eating dinosaurs likely had microbes in their guts that gave off large amounts of methane-a potent greenhouse gas even more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. [Source: National Geographic]
URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120507-dinosaurs-methane-farts-burps-global-warming-environment-science-flatulence/
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Source: National Geographic
Publish Date: 5/7/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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