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Subject: the plants are holy too

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Date Posted: 01/14/06 7:39:44pm
In reply to: pjk 's message, "Re: the cows in India are holy" on 01/13/06 10:29:31pm

Anyone read Nature: from Nature, January 12, 2006:

German scientists have discovered a new source of methane, a greenhouse gas that is second only to carbon dioxide in its impact on climate change. In the last few years, more and more research has focused on the biosphere; particularly, on how gases which influence the climate are exchanged between the biosphere and atmosphere. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics have now carefully analysed which organic gases are emitted from plants. They made the surprising discovery that plants release methane, a greenhouse gas - and this goes against all previous assumptions.

Plants produce about 10 to 30 percent of the annual methane found in the atmosphere, according to researchers at the Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany.

Equally surprising was that methane formation is not hindered by the presence of oxygen. This discovery is important not just for plant researchers but also for understanding the connection between global warming and increased greenhouse gas production.

pjk, what is cow life like in India....are they fed petrolcorn...what are they fed?

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Re: the plants are holy too	krz	01/15/06 6:58:47am