Excrements From Antarctic Penguins Emit Tons of Methane a Year: "They Are Extraordinarily Intense Foci"
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Penguins and their amount of excrement are an important natural source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere and accelerates global warming. This was determined by a recent Spanish study by the Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN) and the research center ... Continue reading "Pingüinos accelerate global warming by their excrement: Emite methane "extraordinarily intense""
A study conducted by researchers from the Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC), in collaboration with the University of Granada, has shown for the first time that large Antarctic colonies of barbic penguins are an important natural source of methane. This greenhouse gas remains less in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO2), but has a much greater capacity to retain heat, so identifying its sources is key to understanding th…
Antarctica’s barbic penguins emit 490,000 tons of methane a year only with their excreta. Yes, the most photogenic animal on the planet also passes a climate bill. A CSIC team and the University of Granada have measured the emissions of two colonies on Deception Island, and the result has been published in Nature. The figure is not an estimate of napkin: 490,000 tons per year leave two specific colonies, counted with devices and not with the int…
The colonies of antartic barbic penguins have an unexpected contribution to the methane cycle: their excreta produce 490,000 tons of methane a year. A CSIC team and the University of Granada have measured emissions in two colonies on Deception Island and calculated the data, which has now been published in Nature. So these nice birds not only leave traces in the snow: they also leave “work” to the microbes that break down their excreta and gener…
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