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May 28, 2012 1:09 pm

(Source: bored-youdie, via kitsuneshadow)

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May 26, 2012 5:16 pm

rhamphotheca:

Dinosaur Gas May Have Warmed the Earth
by Sid Perkins
Excuse you. Researchers have found that immense herbivorous dinosaurs may have produced enough methane gas—essentially burps and flatulence—to substantially boost global temperatures. The group of dinosaurs known as sauropods—plant eaters famed for their long necks and gargantuan size, such as those shown in an artist’s reconstruction above—were common members of many ancient ecosystems.
Previous research hints that each square kilometer of well-vegetated area may have supported between 11 and 15 sauropods, which together could have weighed about 200 metric tons.Using methane-production data for modern gut bacteria, researchers estimate that over the course of a year, sauropods worldwide would have produced about 520 million metric tons of the greenhouse gas. That’s roughly the amount of methane entering the atmosphere each year from all of today’s sources combined—including agriculture, beef and dairy production, wetlands, and forest fires—and about three times the amount of annual preindustrial emissions, the team estimates in the 8 May issue of Current Biology.
Because methane has about 25 times the planet-warming power of carbon dioxide, the gas generated by sauropods alone could have warmed the planet almost as effectively as all of the carbon dioxide in today’s atmosphere, data from other studies suggest.
(via: Science NOW) (image: Dorling Kindersley/Thinkstock)

Dinosaur Gas May Have Warmed the Earth

by Sid Perkins

Excuse you. Researchers have found that immense herbivorous dinosaurs may have produced enough methane gas—essentially burps and flatulence—to substantially boost global temperatures. The group of dinosaurs known as sauropods—plant eaters famed for their long necks and gargantuan size, such as those shown in an artist’s reconstruction above—were common members of many ancient ecosystems.

Previous research hints that each square kilometer of well-vegetated area may have supported between 11 and 15 sauropods, which together could have weighed about 200 metric tons.Using methane-production data for modern gut bacteria, researchers estimate that over the course of a year, sauropods worldwide would have produced about 520 million metric tons of the greenhouse gas. That’s roughly the amount of methane entering the atmosphere each year from all of today’s sources combined—including agriculture, beef and dairy production, wetlands, and forest fires—and about three times the amount of annual preindustrial emissions, the team estimates in the 8 May issue of Current Biology.

Because methane has about 25 times the planet-warming power of carbon dioxide, the gas generated by sauropods alone could have warmed the planet almost as effectively as all of the carbon dioxide in today’s atmosphere, data from other studies suggest.

(via: Science NOW) (image: Dorling Kindersley/Thinkstock)

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5:12 pm

dappercuttlefish:

Doodle Music - ViHart

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12:27 pm

sociopathic-cannibal:

nekotalia

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12:09 pm

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May 25, 2012 11:29 pm

"I use the word “fat.” I use that word because that’s what people are: they’re fat. They’re not bulky; they’re not large, chunky, hefty or plump. And they’re not big-boned. Dinosaurs were big-boned. These people are not overweight: this term somehow implies there is some correct weight. There is no correct weight. Heavy is also a misleading term. An aircraft carrier is heavy; it’s not fat. Only people are fat, and that’s what fat people are! They’re fat!"

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George Carlin (via stuffysnuffer)

(Source: dailyfatspiration, via boysgirlsmusicandfriends)

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11:28 am

rat-posion-for-dinner:

PepsiCola BECAUSE I FUCKING CAN

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11:07 am

hamletmachine:

For Andy, who I hope has a quick recovery— the internet isn’t as fun without you and your gorgeous drawings!

(Also on the 18+ site!)

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10:35 am

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Derse Dreamers ã+ original vocals & lyricsã
By: horizon
Homestuck
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zoros:

Derse Dreamers | moonlight-aphrodisiac

Original music by Jeremy Iamurri.

Lyrics:

Death wears a welcoming mask
but its benevolence is debated
under every single question we ask

our task is not an easy one, dear brother
we must assist each other

if we’re to make it through
I’m just as terrified as you
but surely there’s something to look forward to

Somewhere, there’s a world we were meant to create
but it seems that we are not stronger than fate
you look my way,
what can I say?
I wish I believed things will be okay

throughout these darkened halls
and these obsidian towers
there’s a presence gliding through the walls
as we approach our final hours

I wish I believed things will be okay

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