Our cars aren't the only thing emitting CO2 into the atmosphere and basically screwing up the earth's temperate balance.Burping worm's are to blame as well, according to Fox News.
Aquatic animals that feed on lake and stream bottom sediments burp out small amounts of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, a new study finds.
While the biological emissions from these critters pales in comparison to the nitrous oxide emitted by fossil fuel burning, their contribution could increase as more and more nitrogen-rich fertilizer runs off into lakes, streams and seas, the authors of the study said.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is more commonly known to anyone who has sat in the dentist's chair as laughing gas.
In the atmosphere it is a powerful greenhouse gas, packing about 310 times the punch as the same weight of carbon dioxide (though carbon dioxide is still the bigger driver because there is much more of it).
So not only should we not be driving as much but we should also be fishing a lot more often to kill off this evil and gas-creating worm population. Leave it to Fox News to get to the bottom of things here.
Aquatic animals that feed on lake and stream bottom sediments burp out small amounts of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, a new study finds.
While the biological emissions from these critters pales in comparison to the nitrous oxide emitted by fossil fuel burning, their contribution could increase as more and more nitrogen-rich fertilizer runs off into lakes, streams and seas, the authors of the study said.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is more commonly known to anyone who has sat in the dentist's chair as laughing gas.
In the atmosphere it is a powerful greenhouse gas, packing about 310 times the punch as the same weight of carbon dioxide (though carbon dioxide is still the bigger driver because there is much more of it).
So not only should we not be driving as much but we should also be fishing a lot more often to kill off this evil and gas-creating worm population. Leave it to Fox News to get to the bottom of things here.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go firebomb a bait shop to save the Earth.
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