Scientists at the Max Planck Institut and Denmark's Aarhus University found that mussels, freshwater snails and other underwater creatures release nitrous oxide -- laughing gas -- when nitrate is present in water. "There's nitrate in water that has been polluted by humans, so the more we pollute, the higher the production of this problematic gas will be," Fanni Aspetsberger from the institute told AFP on Tuesday. Aspetsberger added that no quantitative data were available, but that it could be "seriously detrimental" to the climate if nitrate pollution continues to rise the way it has over recent years. Laughing gas is one of many greenhouse gasses that has been released into the atmosphere since industrialisation...AFP I guess laughing gas is no laughing matter.
Geez, two years ago it was dog farts and we can now all mitigate against cat farts. Of course, there's also the moose emissions of CO2...Thanks to Dakota Voice for the links and for bringing this terrible situation to our attention.
And I foolishly thought our only problem was soft toilet paper.
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