9.21.2007

Mammoth Dung Could Accellerate Global Warming

For millennia, layers of animal waste and other organic matter left behind by the creatures that used to roam the Arctic tundra have been sealed inside the frozen permafrost. Now climate change is thawing the permafrost and lifting this prehistoric ooze from suspended animation.

But Zimov, a scientist who for almost 30 years has studied climate change in Russia's Arctic, believes that as this organic matter becomes exposed to the air it will accelerate global warming faster than even some of the most pessimistic forecasts.

Full story at Washington Post

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9.20.2007

Man Who Puts Pet Rattlesnake in Mouth Gets Bit



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