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Study: Earthworms May Contribute to Global Warming [Invasion of the Worms]
DailyCaller ^
| 02/06/2013
| Michael Bastasch
Posted on 02/06/2013 7:26:28 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
As environmentalists and politicians fret about man-made Global Warming, they may be ignoring another culprit: earthworms. According to a new study by an international team of researchers, earthworms could be contributing to global warming.
The study looked at results from 237 separate experiments from published stories to explore earthworms’ role in affecting global warming.
“Our results suggest that although earthworms are largely beneficial to soil fertility, they increase net soil greenhouse-gas emissions,” according to the study’s abstract.
Worms affect how much carbon dioxide is produced in the soil and how much escapes into the atmosphere...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climate; doom; earthworms; globalwarming; greenhousegas; warming; worms
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To: fight_truth_decay
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posted on
02/06/2013 8:47:42 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: clamper1797
Your pretty serious about those volcanos... -grin-
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posted on
02/06/2013 9:05:52 AM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
They can have my worms when they pry them from my cold, dead and dirty hands.
23
posted on
02/06/2013 10:09:56 AM PST
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
To: fight_truth_decay
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posted on
02/06/2013 11:20:02 AM PST
by
Oratam
To: fight_truth_decay
Life contributes to Global Warming (aka Climate Change) ! Help stamp life out now and end this madness!
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posted on
02/06/2013 11:23:28 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: fight_truth_decay
Turns our that God makes global warming, and cooling.
They have already legislated God away, but there’s still warming and cooling.
I think maybe God is an outlaw in the eyes of the liberal.
To: fight_truth_decay
The quantity of lunacy regarding carbon dioxide just keeps growing.
There is a thing called “the carbon cycle.” All organisms emit CO2 as a function of their metabolic processes. Plants and other photosynthesizing organisms use that CO2 to make carbohydrates and other biological molecules. Other organisms eat the photosynthesizers, passing the carbon compounds up the food chain.
It’s a big, important cycle. Without it, life would not exist. Trying to remove all CO2 from the earth will have a major negative effect on life. The fact that people are hysterical enough about “global warming” that they are willing to try to remove CO2 without even stopping to consider that it’s a necessary component of life is mind-boggling.
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posted on
02/06/2013 6:50:53 PM PST
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: fight_truth_decay; 11B40; A Balrog of Morgoth; A message; ACelt; Aeronaut; AFPhys; AlexW; alrea; ...
To: fight_truth_decay; 11B40; A Balrog of Morgoth; A message; ACelt; Aeronaut; AFPhys; AlexW; alrea; ...
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
02/06/2013 10:16:44 PM PST
by
neverdem
( Xin loi min oi)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Doity little boid
Sittin’ on a coib
Choipin’ and boipin’
And eatin’ doity oith woims.
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posted on
02/06/2013 10:21:24 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: fight_truth_decay
Consider our Moon, which is basically an inert ball of rock, with no greenhouse gasses in an orbit around the Sun about the same as our own. On the side of the moon that the Sun is shining on, the temperature reaches 260⁰ Fahrenheit. On the dark side of the Moon, it gets very cold, -280⁰ Fahrenheit. This gives an average temperature of about -10⁰ Fahrenheit, rather than the global average of 59⁰ Fahrenheit. Greenhouse gasses are what keep our planet habitable.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:44:04 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: fight_truth_decay
So global worming is the problem? Deworm the planet today!
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:53:53 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
To: jmcenanly
There is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact, it’s all dark.
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posted on
02/07/2013 6:28:03 AM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
("I'm not anti-anything, I just wanna be free." - Mike Muir)
To: fight_truth_decay
Political correctness contributes the MOST to global warming!
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posted on
02/07/2013 7:47:22 AM PST
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
L
L!
seems to be a good reason to go fishin'...
*lightbulb* well, any reason is good! :-)
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posted on
02/07/2013 8:40:37 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: fight_truth_decay
How can these idiots expect to be taken seriously with crap like this?
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posted on
02/07/2013 9:01:15 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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