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ornotna

(10,763 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 07:06 PM May 2020

Antarctic Penguin Poop Emits Laughing Gas

https://www.ecowatch.com/antarctic-penguin-poop-laughing-gas-2646052474.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3

A colony of king penguins in Antarctica emit so much nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, in their poop that researchers went a little "cuckoo," while studying them, according to Agence France Presse, which reported on a new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

The study looked at the effects of a king penguin colony's activity on soil greenhouse gas fluxes in South Georgia, an island just north of Antarctica. One finding in particular was notably unique—penguin feces, or guano, produce extremely high levels of nitrous oxide, as CNN reported.


Now I want a penguin.
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Antarctic Penguin Poop Emits Laughing Gas (Original Post) ornotna May 2020 OP
Lololol Faux pas May 2020 #1
cuz of course it does. mopinko May 2020 #2
ROFL!! BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #4
To quote Ian: Nature finds a way! n/t JustFiveMoreMinutes May 2020 #3
This said, nitrous oxide, laughing gas, is no laughing matter. NNadir May 2020 #5

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
2. cuz of course it does.
Thu May 28, 2020, 07:48 PM
May 2020

long distance effect, methinks. i'm about in tears.

funny thing about penguins- a lot of birds have a way of saying hello. they stretch the wing and leg on each side. if you do it, they will answer you.
not all. smarter ones like parrots do it. but i always give it a try when i am close to a bird. i did it once in the penguin house at lincoln park zoo, and damn if all those that were lookin out the glass didnt say hi back.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
5. This said, nitrous oxide, laughing gas, is no laughing matter.
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:26 AM
May 2020

The rise in the concentrations of this greenhouse and ozone depleting gas resulting from the industrialization of the Haber-Bosch process is a very serious matter.

Nitrous oxide has always been a part of the nitrogen cycle, but the equilibria established over millions of years has been severely disturbed.

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