Industrial Waste From Ants Emits Potent Greenhouse Gas

Gizmodo ^

[sasherm13]

New research shows that garbage piles produced by leaf-cutter ants emit significant amounts of nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas.

Chemical reactions within the organic waste piles produced by leaf-cutter ants create copious amounts of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, according to new research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. These industrious insects aren’t contributing to global warming on the scale of human activities, but their behaviors are fundamentally altering the composition and function of tropical forests—including the way nutrients are transported and recycled.

[sasherm13]

Do you think they should be forced to sign the Paris Accords?

[Yo-Yo]

Do you think they should be forced to sign the Paris Accords? ?

That, or open up a whipped cream canning factory.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!

[DannyTN]

Kill the ants!!!

What could possibly go wrong?

[ClearCase_guy]

[sasherm13]

Here's the solution:

[aquila48]

Solution...

[Red Badger]

I read that as:

Industrial Waste From PANTS Emits Potent Greenhouse Gas.......................

[Telepathic Intruder]

If the government were to raise the price of leaves, they’ll be forced to cut less.

[Menehune56]

Yet this is a entirely natural process that has been going on since these industrious little insects came into being 50 million years ago.

http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/choose-a-species/invertebrates/insects-and-millipedes/acromyrmex-octospinosus

[PeterPrinciple]

Industrial waste

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anyone note the manipulation in the article?

[PeterPrinciple]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide

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We are all going to die laughing...………………...

[PeterPrinciple]

The rest of the story they forgot to tell you.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029165528.htm

[Carriage Hill]

The BS just keeps getting deeper.

[abb]

[LurkedLongEnough]

God’s last laugh at humans trying to convince us that world climate is under human control.

[fruser1]

“manipulation”

Yup, the most concerning part of it in fact.

Part of the horror of the EPA is applying industrial standards to ordinary citizens such as claiming jurisdiction over that puddle in your 1/4 acre lot.

This is in that vein. Prepping the public to accept that any activity of your own doing, no matter how small is “industrial” i.e., a product of your own industry.

Hence the EPA has the right to crawl up your butt with a microscope.

[I want the USA back]

All part of the balance of nature. Somewhere some plant or animal is making good use of the nitrous oxide.

[ontap]

Sue the little bastards!!!

[EinNYC]

Oh noes, we’ll have to outlaw ants!