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Related: About this forumAntarctic Penguin Poop Emits Laughing Gas
https://www.ecowatch.com/antarctic-penguin-poop-laughing-gas-2646052474.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3The 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 uniquepenguin feces, or guano, produce extremely high levels of nitrous oxide, as CNN reported.
Now I want a penguin.
Faux pas
(14,582 posts)mopinko
(69,806 posts)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.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Too cute!!!
Laughing 😆 gas 💭
JustFiveMoreMinutes
(2,133 posts)NNadir
(33,368 posts)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.