The fact that cows produce a ton of greenhouse gas in the form of methane is science factoid that people tend to pull out in casual climate discussions (you have those, don’t you?). As it turns out, one of the other major natural contributors of greenhouse gas is a creature that is a whole lot smaller but a lot more numerous.
In a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers from the University of Montana reveal that leafcutter ants are also major gas producers, pumping out incredible quantities of a different gas, nitrous oxide.
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Leafcutter ants produce so much gas that they actually rival cow butts originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 19:37:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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